Centcom monitoring NPA rebels

Nestle L. Semilla 12/06/2017

  The military’s Central Command has stepped up its monitoring of communist New People’s Army (NPA) rebels even if they have yet to receive President Rodrigo Duterte’s order to go after them. Centcom spokesperson Col. Medel Aguilar…

Businessmen oppose new petition for wage hike

Futch Anthony Inso 09/23/2017

  BUSINESSMEN in Cebu are opposing the petition for a P145 daily wage increase filed by four labor groups last Friday before the Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board (RTWPB-7). Glenn Soco, president of the Mandaue Chamber…

P13 wage increase in effect today

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 03/09/2017

COMPANIES in Central Visayas will be monitored on their implementation of the P13 wage adjustment that takes effect today, the regional office of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) said yesterday. “We can check if companies…

Labor groups: Scrap DTI-7, Neda-7 reps’ voting power in wage board

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag, Victor Anthony V. Silva 02/16/2017

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…

P13 WAGE HIKE: Better than nothing

Dominic D. Yasay, Izobelle T. Pulgo 02/07/2017

THE P13 wage hike in Metro Cebu approved by the Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board (RTWPB) may not be much but it will still be a welcome increase, no matter how small, due to the rising…

DAILY WAGE HIKE: P13 FOR METRO CEBU WORKERS

Jhunnex Napallacan, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag, Victor Anthony V. Silva 02/06/2017

The Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board in Central Visayas (RTWPB-7) approved yesterday a P13 daily wage increase in Metro Cebu for workers in the private sector. The amount, which raises to P366 the minimum wage in…

Duterte’s ‘endo’ gains traction, 24K workers regularized

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 11/18/2016

Employers across the country have heeded President Rodrigo Duterte’s call to stop contractualization. In his keynote speech at the Labor Summit on Friday in Cebu City, Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III said that as of November 11,…

Give workers holiday pay for Oct. 31, Nov. 1 duties

10/31/2016

Manila — The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) is reminding private employers to pay their workers 30 percent more on Monday (Oct. 31) and on Tuesday, All Saints’ Day (Nov. 1) if they report for duty…

4 wage board members, DOT-7 chief leave posts

Dominic Yasay, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 08/26/2016

Labor leader fears resignations will cause delay in wage petitions Four members of the regional wage board in Central Visayas and the regional director of tourism have resigned from their posts less than a week after President…

Kuwait sets minimum wage for domestic helpers

07/15/2016

Kuwait City — Kuwait has set a minimum wage for its hundreds of thousands of mostly Asian domestic staff, the first country in the Gulf to do so, local media reported on Thursday. A decree issued by…

Four labor groups file P140 wage hike petition

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 06/16/2016

Four labor groups filed a petition for a P140 wage increase at the Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board (RTWPB) Thursday. The Alliance of Labor Progress (ALP), Cebu Midtown Hotel Employees Union (CMHEU-NUWHRAIN-APL-IUF) , Cebu Labor Coalition…

DOLE: No labor wage hike on May 1

Nestle L. Semilla 04/27/2016

There won’t be any salary increase for Cebu’s workers before May 1, Labor Day. In yesterday’s press conference, Labor and Employment Undersecretary Nicon Fameronag said the wage increase will only be granted to workers in Regions 2,…

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