CEBU CITY, Philippines – The regional office of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) must seriously look into its own findings that 22 percent of 2,200 establishments it had inspected in Metro Cebu did not implement the recent adjustment in the minimum wage.
Cebu City Councilor Nida Cabrera urged DOLE-Region 7 to take legal actions against the 500 establishments found violating the minimum wage law.
Early last month, DOLE-Region 7 released the results of its survey of 2,200 establishments in Metro Cebu to determine which companies were not complying with the P285 minimum wage.
The DOLE regional office found 500 business establishments to be still paying their workers P265 per day, disregarding the Regional Wage Board Order No. 15 which increased the daily minimum wage by P18.
The establishments surveyed comprised 26 percent of all businesses and establishments operating in Metro Cebu.
In last Friday’s city council session, Cabrera filed a resolution requiring the council’s intervention into the malpractices of these business owners.
Cabrera said the survey findings must be seriously looked into, especially that the violating establishments only used the excuse that they were not aware of the new wage hike. –Jessica Ann Pareja (The Philippine Star)
July 2025
Nutrition Month
“Give us much more than P50 increase
for proper nutrition!”
Invoke Article 33 of the ILO Constitution
against the military junta in Myanmar
to carry out the 2021 ILO Commission of Inquiry recommendations
against serious violations of
Forced Labour and Freedom of Association protocols.
Accept National Unity Government (NUG)
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July
3 July – International Day of Cooperatives
3 July – International Plastic Bag Free Day
5 July – World Youth Skills Day
7 July – Global Forgiveness Day
11 July – World Population Day
17 July – World Day for International Justice
28 July – World Nature Conservation Day
30 July – World Day against Trafficking in Persons
Monthly Observances:
Schools Safety Month
Nutrition Month
National Disaster Consciousness Month
Weekly Observances:
Week 2: Cultural Communities Week
Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprise
Development Week
Week 3: National Science and
Technology Week
National Disability Prevention and
Rehabilitation Week
July 1-7:
National Culture Consciousness Week
July 13-19:
Philippines Business Week
Week ending last Saturday of July:
Arbor Week
Daily Observances:
First Saturday of July:
International Cooperative Day
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