ECOP urges lawmakers: Stop passing damaging wage hike laws
A top official of the Employers Confederation of the Philippines (ECOP) has urged lawmakers to refrain from legislating wage hikes that are unfair to employers…
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A top official of the Employers Confederation of the Philippines (ECOP) has urged lawmakers to refrain from legislating wage hikes that are unfair to employers…
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A coalition of major labor federations warned Sunday that the fight for the “long-overdue” P200 across-the-board wage hike will persist beyond 2025, as calls…
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The superficial utility of Ms. Marcos’ agitprop video against her estranged brother is that it is merely another embarrassing episode of a dysfunctional…
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The House committee on labor and employment approved Wednesday a bill seeking to abolish the provincial minimum wage and establishing a national system that…
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House Minority Leader Marcelino Libanan on Sunday urged six regional wage boards to “act with urgency” and issue new minimum wage orders before the end of the…
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As the country marks National Rice Awareness Month this November, Senator Imee R. Marcos sounded the alarm on what she described as the “grim reality” faced by…
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Central Luzon workers with minimum wage will have a wage increase of P50 to P80 starting 30 October 2025, as part of the new wage order issued by the Regional…
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The Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) is eyeing a voluntary, incentive-based scheme to implement the new minimum wage hike for Filipino domestic helpers…
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Senator Raffy Tulfo is pushing for an across-the-board minimum wage for workers in the National Capital Region (NCR) and the provinces.
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Senator Risa Hontiveros on Friday, 5 September, joined the commemoration of National Teachers' Month by stressing the need for a P15,000 across-the-board…
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Senator Risa Hontiveros on Thursday, 4 September, batted for an additional P200 minimum wage increase for private sector workers.
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The Filipino worker deserves more than recycled talking points; he deserves serious legislation backed by numbers, strategy, and sound economic data.
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Cacdac cited that the Philippines sets the minimum wage for domestic workers because many countries don’t have one and stressed that the $500 rate is a floor…
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‘There can be a higher wage rate, of course, depending on the host country, but this is a step that will establish a floor level.’
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Raising the bets will prevent the poor from placing bets in online gambling sites since upfront money will be needed, Special Assistant to the President for…
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Congress has more than a dozen justifications to reclaim its authority from the RTWPBs but probably the real intention is to recover its lost power.
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The Constitution says workers deserve a just share in the fruits of production. But there must be production first. You can’t divide a pie that no longer…
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A group of freshman lawmakers in the House of Representatives is forming a bloc to advocate for legislation that would abolish regional wage boards and…
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