If some self-proclaimed business leaders had their way, wages would have remained the same for the last 40 years as they have not in one instance supported any move to raise workers’ pay, Senator Chiz Escudero said. Joining them, Escudero said, “are ivory tower individuals who love to preach about the economics of a running […]
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The Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) says thousands of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in Taiwan and Hong Kong stand to benefit from new wage orders starting the fourth quarter 2023 to January 2024. “We thank Taiwan’s Ministry of Labor and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Labor Department respectively for enacting wage legislation that recognizes […]
AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert T. Lee on Friday lauded the P40 minimum wage increase in Metro Manila as he called for the other regional wage boards to issue similar hikes in their respective areas. “Sa panahon na mataas pa rin ang presyo ng mga pangunahing bilihin, malaking tulong pa rin ang dagdag-sahod na ito lalo […]