Minimum Wage and Salary

Earning P400 a day for 17 hours of work means an endless cycle of loans for this barangay watchman, whose wife also takes in laundry to make ends meet By: Sara Isabelle Pacia, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Apr 30, 2017 On the 30th of every month, Leo Cabigting gets his pay as head of the volunteer…

By Elmer Recuerdo, Businessmirror, Mar 7, 2017 TACLOBAN CITY—Minimum-wage earners in Eastern Visayas get an increase of between P10 and P25 in daily income based on their sectoral classification. The labor department in the region is urging business establishments to comply to this.

by Arra B. Francia, Businessworld, Feb 23, 2017 THE information technology (IT) sector still offer the highest salaries for junior executives and supervisors in the country, according to online employment portal JobStreet Philippines.

By Roderick Abad, Businessmirror, Feb 23, 2017 EMPLOYEES are not too overwhelmed by the bonus they get from their companies as the employees perceive it to be very rewarding, JobStreet.com said. As per the Bonuses Report 2017 of the jobs portal, only 51 percent of employees believe that the guaranteed bonuses they receive are on…

By: Michelle Joy L. Padayhag, Victor Anthony V. Silva @cebudailynews, Feb 16th, 2017 AFTER their proposal for a P150 minimum wage increase was brought down to the approved P13 wage hike for Central Visayas, the disappointed labor groups in Cebu said they would lobby in Congress for the scrapping of the voting power of representatives…

ABS-CBN News, Feb 16 2017 MANILA – Salary increases in the private sector are slowing down as employers hold off on adjustments to make sure top performers are rewarded, according to a survey released Thursday.

By Mitchelle L. Palaubsanon (The Freeman), Feb. 7, 2017 RTWPB-7 chairman Exequiel Sarcauga said that the seven members of the board have yet to meet this February 13 to discuss the details of the wage order that still has to be issued. Philstar.com/File CEBU, Philippines – The Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board-7 yesterday agreed…

Danica M. Uy, Businessworld, Jan. 20, 2017 HIGHER across-the-board wages run the risk of limiting the employment prospects of less experienced workers and women, according to a paper published by the Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS).

Higher minimum wage have losers, US studies find By New York Times, Jan. 12, 2017 CHICAGO—A growing number of economists have found that many cities and states have considerable room to raise the minimum wage before employers meaningfully cut back on hiring. But that conclusion may gloss over some significant responses to minimum-wage increases by…

By Pia Lee-Brago (The Philippine Star), Dec. 19, 2016 MANILA, Philippines – Earnings around the world have dropped to their lowest level since 2012, according to a new report of the International Labor Organization (ILO).

Dec. 03, 2016 ZEA IO MING C. CAPISTRANO DAVAO CITY, Philippines – Two years after the last adjustment in the minimum wage in the region, workers will get a P23 to P29 minimum wage increase depending on the sector and industry effective December 16.

by Roy Stephen C. Canivel, Businessworld, November 23, 2016 THE PHILIPPINE Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) hopes to offer cheaper wages to investors in areas under its jurisdiction, offsetting lower pay with housing and education benefits, as well as livelihood projects, PEZA Director-General Charito B. Plaza told reporters last Nov. 17. Ms. Plaza said she had…

By Helen Flores (The Philippine Star), October 18, 2016 MANILA, Philippines – Increasing the salary of workers remained the most urgent concern of Filipinos, a new survey by Pulse Asia showed. The poll, taken from Sept. 25 to Oct. 1, found that 46 percent of 1,200 respondents cited the need to increase workers’ wages as…

by BusinessWorld, October 13, 2016 THE EXECUTIVE branch appears to be rethinking its push to replace the regional minimum wage system with one that sets a nationwide floor pay for the private sector, as Cabinet men said yesterday they agreed earlier this month to first consider concerns of affected sectors like micro, small- and medium-scale…

by Catherine Pillas, BusinessMirror, October 12, 2016 The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), backing down on the position taken by the country’s economic managers, has scrapped the proposal for a P125 across-the-board wage increase.

by Sunstar, October 10, 2016 MORE than 200,000 minimum wage earners in the Ilocos Region are set to get additional pays ranging from P12 to P27 per day starting October 2, according to the Department of Labor and Employment (Dole).

By Richmond Mercurio (The Philippine Star), October 3, 2016 – 12:00am MANILA, Philippines – Exporters are opposing the proposed nationwide P125 minimum wage increase as it would affect economic growth and the country’s trade competitiveness.

Read the statement here.

By Richmond Mercurio (The Philippine Star), September 17, 2016 MANILA, Philippines – The government’s economic team is unlikely to back the Department of Labor and Employment’s proposed P125 across-the-board wage hike for workers in the private sector as this would impede economic growth and bloat unemployment, Trade Secretary Ramon Lopez said.

The yearly ritual of doling out incremental and somewhat disappointing salary increases is quietly disappearing. by Rebecca Greenfield, rzgreenfield, June 21, 2016, https://ntucphl.org/wp-admin/post.php?post=60557&action=edit Annual pay raises don’t work. The salary increase serves two purposes: to motivate workers and to keep employees from leaving for a better-paying job. In its current form, the traditional raise does…

MINIMUM wage earners in Metro Manila are set to receive pay increase starting June 2 after the Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board (RTWPB) – National Capital Region (NCR) granted a P10 cost of living allowance (Cola).

ABS-CBN News, May 02 2016, http://news.abs-cbn.com/business/05/02/16/filipino-workers-most-stressed-out-by-low-pay-study Low pay is the top cause of stress for employees in the Philippines, a recent study by risk management company Willis Towers Watson showed.

by Colin Simpson, April 25, 2016,http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-04-24/china-s-white-collar-wages-outstrip-southeast-asian-salaries The labor cost advantage enjoyed by some Southeast Asian economies over China goes beyond factory jobs, according to a new study by Willis Towers Watson. Average base professional salaries in China are 1.9 to 2.2 times those of Vietnam and the Philippines, the study said.

By Edu Punay (The Philippine Star), March 4, 2016 MANILA, Philippines – Various labor groups yesterday asked the Supreme Court (SC) to strike down Republic Act 6727 or the Wage Rationalization Act that sets different regional minimum wages in the country.

A new wage order also allows domestic workers in Eastern Visayas to bargain for higher salaries with their employers MANILA, Philippines – Domestic workers in Eastern Visayas will soon receive P500 more in their monthly salaries with a recently approved wage order by the Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board (RTWPB) in Region 8.

All workers nationwide are now getting wages above poverty threshold, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) said.

Wage earners in Aurora have a slightly higher increase of P20 MANILA, Philippines – Minimum wage earners in Central Luzon will get a P15-increase in their daily pay, the labor department said.

MANILA, Philippines – Minimum wage earners in Metro Manila and other regions nationwide are earning at least 11 percent more than before.

LABOR market research by consultancy Mercer shows that Asia-Pacific salaries have increased but remain below the levels before the recent global economic downturn, the firm said in a statement on Wednesday.

MANILA, Philippines – Minimum wage earners in Northern Mindanao will receive a P12 increase in their daily take home pay, the National Wages and Production Commission (NWPC) said yesterday.