P25 minimum wage hike in NCR starts on Nov. 22

Inquirer.net 11/22/2018

The P25 wage increase for workers in the National Capital Region (NCR) takes effect today, Nov. 22. According to Wage Order No. NCR-22 published last Nov. 7, the new minimum wage rates in Metro Manila shall be…

RTWPB-7 postpones discussion of P150 wage hike

Futch Anthony Inso 11/05/2018

The Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board in Central Visayas (RTWPB-7) has postponed discussion of the P150 wage hike proposed by the Cebu Labor Coalition (Celac) until their next meeting on November 19. Joe Tomongha, labor sector…

DOLE raises NCR minimum wage to P537 with P25 hike

Inquirer.net 11/05/2018

Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III announced on Monday a P25 increase in the basic pay in the National Capital Region (NCR) and the integration of the P10 cost of living allowance (Cola) in the minimum wage, thus…

P150 wage hike bid up for discussion

Futch Anthony Inso 11/04/2018

Members of the Central Visayas Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board (RTWPB-7) will meet this afternoon to discuss the P150 across-the-board wage hike petition filed by the Cebu Labor Coalition (Celac). “Yes, it has already been calendared,”…

Labor groups petition for another wage hike

Futch Anthony Inso and Jose Santino Bunachita 10/23/2018

  Barely two months after the implementation of the August 3 wage order, labor groups are again filing another petition for a wage hike before the Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board (RTWPB)-7, yesterday morning. The Cebu…

WAGE ORDER COMPLIANCE: DOLE-7 to inspect establishments

Futch Anthony Inso 08/20/2018

The Department of Labor and Employment in Central Visayas (DOLE)-7 will start inspecting different establishments to ensure that they have complied with the new wage order. Newly installed DOLE-7 regional director Atty. Johnson Cañete, said that the…

Employers told: Heed Aug. 21 wage order or else …

Rosalie O. Abatayo 08/19/2018

WITH two holidays falling on Tuesday, the Department of Labor and Employment in Central Visayas (DOLE-7) told employers to be extra cautious in computing workers’ salaries to avoid sanctions. DOLE-7 Regional Director Johnson Cañete urged employers on…

Trade chief: Wage hike must be kept ‘minimal’

Inquirer.net 06/20/2018

Trade Secretary Ramon Lopez on Wednesday said wage hikes should be “minimal” to avoid the rise in production costs and consumer prices. “If you ask me, there can be a minimal adjustment but that should not be…

New Central Visayas minimum wage rate unfair to labor

Fernando Fajardo 06/14/2018

The regional tripartite productivity and wage board (RTPWB) just announced an increase in the minimum wage rate of P20.00 pesos per day for Class A areas and P15.00 for Class B, C, and D areas. Class A…

Cebu laborers told: Stop comparing and complaining

Rosalie Abatayo 06/13/2018

Stop comparing. DOLE-7 Director Alvin Villamor urged laborers in Cebu to stop complaining and to rather accept the P20 wage increase they will soon get. Villarmor, the chair of the regional wage board, maintains that the P20-wage…

RTWPB-7 to decide on wage hike plea today

Rosalie O. Abatayo 06/11/2018

The Regional Wage Tripartite and Productivity Board (RTWPB-7) is expected to decide on the amount of wage hike for Central Visayas today, June 11. This is the fourth deliberation conducted by the wage board over the appeal…

DOLE-7: Proposed wage order not final

Jessa Mae O. Sotto 06/08/2018

AMID criticisms from labor groups that the P20 wage adjustment in Central Visayas proposed by the Department of Labor and Employment in the region (DOLE-7) was not enough, DOLE-7 director Alvin Villamor clarified that the amount was…

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