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Labor activists gather outside the Department of Labor and Employment office in Intramuros, Manila, on 21 September 2026, demanding living wages and…
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Labor activists gather outside the Department of Labor and Employment office in Intramuros, Manila, on 21 September 2026, demanding living wages and…

ILOILO CITY — Labor groups condemned DoLE’s Wage Order No. 28 for reducing the planned Metro Manila minimum wage hike from P85 to P60 and demanded retroactive…

Labor groups say inflation has reduced the purchasing power of CALABARZON’s P600 daily minimum wage to about P444 as wage consultations continue.
Labor leaders urge DoLE to defend Metro Manila’s suspended P85 wage hike as they pursue a Supreme Court petition challenging Wage Order 27.

Tensions flared during DOLE's FY 2027 budget deliberations as Rep. Eli San Fernando questioned Labor Secretary Francis Tolentino over the delayed ₱60 NCR…

Former DILG undersecretary Juan Victor Llamas has been sworn in as commissioner of the National Wages and Productivity Commission, representing employers for a…

DoLE reminds Davao employers to implement the second tranche of the minimum wage increase, raising daily pay to P525 for agricultural workers and P540 for…

NCR’s P85 minimum wage hike could add to inflation pressures as higher labor costs, adverse weather and energy prices weigh on the economy.

Central Visayas wage officials are expected to decide by September on a possible minimum wage increase as labor groups seek higher pay and businesses call for…

Sen. JV Ejercito proposes a P10,000 monthly salary increase for all public school teachers through the “Dagdag Suweldo Para sa mga Guro Act.”

DoLE chief Francis Tolentino urges wage boards to adopt flexible, evidence-based policies and conduct regular reviews to keep minimum wages aligned with…
DoLE Secretary Francis Tolentino asked the Pasig RTC to lift the injunction blocking the P85 NCR wage hike, arguing that Wage Order No. NCR-27 followed the…

DoLE Secretary Francis Tolentino vowed to challenge a court injunction suspending Metro Manila’s P85 minimum wage hike, affecting more than 1.1 million workers…


A labor coalition and party-list lawmaker asked the Supreme Court to lift trial court orders blocking the P85 minimum wage increase for workers in Metro Manila.


A party-list lawmaker and labor groups ask the Supreme Court to nullify Pasig RTC orders blocking the P85 NCR minimum wage increase and clarify whether lower…