Minimum Wage and Salary

MANILA, Philippines – Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz said workers in Metro Manila should not expect an increase in minimum wage until after July this year despite recent increases in oil products and transportation fees.

MANILA, Philippines – Amid rising commodity prices and fare hikes, a labor group will seek a P55 hike in the minimum wage for workers in Metro Manila.

MANILA, Philippines–Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE) Secretary Rosalinda Dimapilis-Baldoz has rejected proposals that would exempt large-scale investors from complying with labor laws and standards, including minimum wages for workers.

MANILA, Philippines –  Workers in Metro Manila and other regions are unlikely to get a salary increase anytime soon despite the expected rise in transport fares and other commodities.

VIGAN CITY, Philippines — Minimum wage workers in the private sector in Region 1 will receive an increase of between P5 and P8 in their daily basic wage after the Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board-I approved Wage Order No. RB1-14.

SAN FERNANDO, La Union, Philippines  – Minimum wage workers in the private sector in the Ilocos region will receive an increase of P5 or P8 in their daily basic wage.

MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) on Sunday reported a high compliance rate of the private sector in the minimum wages set by the various Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board (RTWPBs).

MANILA, Philippines—The International Labor Organization (ILO) said Philippine workers were among the most affected by the world economic crisis and expressed concern over the “extremely high risk of low pay” in the country.

MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE) said the minimum wage of workers will still have to pass through the regional wage boards in line with the two-tier wage system, which it plans to implement by next year.

KORONADAL CITY — The first of the two-tranche daily wage hike for workers in the private sector in Central Mindanao is now officially in effect, top regional labor department officials said.

MANILA, Philippines – Workers in the Calabarzon region, comprising Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal and Quezon, are getting their much awaited salary hike, the Department of Labor and Employment said yesterday.

SAN PEDRO, Laguna, Philippines—The Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board has approved a P17 increase in daily wages in Calabarzon (Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal and Quezon) in response to the lone wage petition filed by the Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP).

WAGES IN THE PHILIPPINES are among those that were hit hard by the financial and economic crisis, the International Labour Office (ILO) said in its latest report.

Real value of wages in the Philippines and Malaysia posted the biggest drop at four percent for the region in 2008 as the worldwide financial and economic crisis cut global wage growth by half in 2008 and 2009, a new report by the International Labor Office (ILO) said.

MALAYBALAY — Around 500 farm workers from different municipalities in Bukidnon province set up a “Kampuhan sa Mag-uuma,” or farmers’ camp, in front of the provincial capitol in protest of the low salaries they receive from plantation owners.

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.

CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga – Here’s good news for workers in Central Luzon. The Central Luzon Regional Tripartite Wage and Productivity Board (RTWPB3) of the Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE) here announced on Wednesday that the wage board has approved an increase of P24 in the daily minimum wage of workers in the…

BAGUIO CITY — Daily wage earners in the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) got an early Christmas present after the Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board (RTWPB) here approved Thursday a P12 increase in their daily wage effective Jan. 1, 2011.

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CEBU, Philippines – About 500 business establishments in the Metro Cebu have been found violating the minimum wage law.

(Benchmark Survey Select Results) 1. Most organizations granted salary increases in 2010. – Rank and file (91.01%) – Officers (82.42%)

HONG KONG – Hong Kong on Wednesday set the city’s first minimum wage at 3.60 US dollars an hour, prompting anger from labour groups which criticised the amount as unreasonable amid a growing income gap.

THE Labor Department says a proposed two-tiered wage system is gaining support from workers and employers, but their representatives say obstacles remain before it can replace the mechanism for setting the minimum wage.

DAVAO CITY – The banana industry in Southern Mindanao has found a reason to ask government to exempt it from a P21 wage increase that the Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board ordered for workers in the agriculture sector in the region.

WE WISH to call attention to Judy Quiros’ news report titled “Iran embargo used as excuse to exempt firms from wage hikes.” (Inquirer, 10/28/10) The report inaccurately attributed to me this statement: “She said for the banana industry, giving wage increase to workers at this time was simply not possible.” (Paragraph 8)

MANILA, Philippines—The Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE) has urged establishments covered by new wage orders to quickly adjust their wage structures to correct any wage distortions.

COTABATO CITY, Philippines – Private-sector workers in south-central Mindanao will get P15 in additional cost of living allowance (Cola) based on the latest order of the Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board.

MANILA, Philippines – To provide better protection and benefits for workers nationwide, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) pushed yesterday for the immediate passage of the Philippine Workers’ Compensation Authority Bill (PWCAB).

THE Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) on Monday stated that the regional wage boards in Central Luzon (Region III), Calabarzon (Region IV-A), and Mimaropa (Region IV-B) would soon conduct public hearings on wage hike petitions filed before these boards. The Labor department’s National Wage and Productivity Commission (NWPC) is now inviting the public to…