Minimum Wage and Salary

MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) yesterday dashed hopes of a possible increase in the take-home pay of minimum wage earners next year.

DUMAGUETE CITY, Philippines — The number of complaints filed by workers here regarding pay and other forms of compensation in 2009 more than doubled compared to last year, an official of the Department of Labor and Employment’s (DOLE) local office said.

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GENEVA (ILO News) – Global growth in real wages slowed dramatically in 2008 as a result of the economic crisis and is expected to drop even further this year despite signs of a possible economic recovery, the International Labour Organization (ILO) said today.

MANILA, Philippines – Organized labor is pushing for the adoption of one national wage rate to increase the purchasing power of workers and their families.

MANILA, Philippines – The National Wages and Productivity Commission (NWPC) yesterday called on employers to grant their workers non-wage benefits in the absence of salary hikes.

BACOLOD CITY, Negros Occidental, Philippines – A labor representative on the Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board (RTWPB) has said he will seek another wage increase in Western Visayas following the oil price hikes this week.

Saying that the effects of the global financial crisis is still being felt by many businesses, a wage official on Wednesday said minimum wage workers will not get a hike in their salaries yet. Ciriaco Lagunzad, chief of the National Wages and Productivity Commission (NWPC), said a wage increase may do more harm than good…

MANILA, Philippines – First, the bad news. National Wages and Productivity Commission (NWPC) ruled out yesterday any salary increase this year.

WARY of a scenario in which wage hikes could be spurred by politics due to the election season, employers emphasized this early that current conditions are still not ripe for a new round of increase in the workers’ minimum pay.

CEBU, Philippines – The Regional Tripartite Wage and Productively Board has decided to refer back to the Cebu Labor Coalition the latter’s petition for a wage hike owing to some technical requirements that the labor group reportedly failed to comply.

Labour Behind the Label, a group that campaigns for garment workers, has calculated a wage it says should be used as a minimum for workers in Asia. It says that a single Asian “floor wage” would prevent countries competing at the expense of workers. ‘

MANILA, Philippines – The teachers’ group Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) said despite the worldwide celebration of World Teachers’ Day yesterday, teachers, especially those in public schools, are still not being fully appreciated because of their inadequate salary and benefits.

CEBU, Philippines – The regional wage board is currently evaluating the P128.60 wage increase petition filed by at least 11 workers groups and unions, which compose the Cebu Labor Coalition (CELAC).

CEBU, Philippines – The Associated Labor Union-Trade Union Congress of the Philippines is set to file a wage hike petition in Central Visayas in two weeks but the petition would reportedly be lower than that of the Cebu Labor Coalition.

CEBU, Philippines – The Cebu Labor Coalition (CELAC) filed yesterday a petition for a P128.60 across-the-board wage increase for Central Visayas before the Regional Tripartite Wage Productivity Board.

CEBU, Philippines – At least 11 workers groups and unions, which compose the Cebu Labor Coalition, will be filing today a petition seeking for a P126.60 across the board increase in the daily minimum wages of workers in Central Visayas before the regional office of the Regional Tripartite Wage Productivity Board.

BUSINESSMEN yesterday opposed a government agency’s proposal to increase the wages of private-sector employees, saying that would further erode the Philippines’ competitiveness.

THE number of unemployed Filipinos rose 6.3 percent to 2.9 million in July from 2.7 million a year ago despite an increase in the number of jobs, the National Statistics Office reported yesterday.

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MANILA, Philippines—Manila is among the world’s cheapest cities but is also one of those that pay the lowest hourly wages, according to a study comparing the purchasing power of 73 cities around the globe.

President Gloria Arroyo signed Wednesday the Salary Standardization Law (SSL) III that is expected uplift the condition of country’s government employees and boost the nation’s economy.

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The House of Representatives on Wednesday unanimously approved on final reading House Joint Resolution 36, seeking to upgrade, rationalize and standardize compensation of all government employees and to be implemented initially in July.

MELBOURNE–Tall people earn higher wages than their vertically challenged counterparts while being obese does not mean a slimmed-down pay packet, according to a new study in Australia.

Employers endorse suspension of wage hikes   EMPLOYERS have called on the government to turn down petitions for a wage increase amid a global economic crisis that has increased the ranks of the jobless.

MANILA, Philippine — Workers in the business process outsourcing (BPO) sector are assured of stable wages this year, even amid the global recession, but they should not expect salaries to increase much, an industry leader said.

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Butuan City (May 30) — The Associated Labor Union-Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (ALU-TUCP) recently filed a petition to the Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board (RTWPB) Caraga for a wage increase of 125 pesos.