Tag: minimum wage increase

Senate Approves PHP100 Daily Minimum Wage Increase for 4.2 Million Workers

The Senate has passed Senate Bill No. 2534, advocating a PHP100 daily minimum wage increase for around 4.2 million daily minimum wage earners nationwide. The bill, co-authored by Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri, Senate Majority Leader Joel Villanueva, and Sen. Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada, received 20 affirmative votes in its third and final reading. Estrada emphasized the Senate’s responsiveness to citizens’ needs amid rising living costs. Although some senators were absent during the vote, the bill […]

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Labor group asks gov’t for Php 313 wage increase in NCR

(Eagle News) – The Associated Labor Union-Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (ALU-TUCP) is seeking a P313 wage increase for minimum wage of earners in Metro Manila, according to ALU-TUCP Spokesperson Alan Tanjusay. Tanjusay said that based on their computation, the nationwide minimum wage of workers should amount to Php 850 to cope up with the increasing prices of goods and services. This is also in consideration of the expected imposition of an additional excise […]

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