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Sahod ‘di na sapat, P750 minimum wage, inihirit — DOLE

  • Writer: BULGAR
    BULGAR
  • Mar 9, 2022
  • 2 min read

ni Lolet Abania | March 9, 2022


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Posibleng hindi na maging sapat ang minimum wage para sa mga manggagawa at kanilang mga pamilya sa National Capital Region (NCR) sa gitna ng walang tigil na pagtataas ng presyo ng produktong petrolyo at iba pang pangunahing pangangailangan, ayon sa Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) ngayong Miyerkules.


Sa isang statement ni DOLE Secretary Silvestre Bello, inatasan na nito ang Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Boards (RTWPBs) sa buong bansa na madaliin ang pagre-review patungkol sa minimum wages.


“The current daily minimum wage in the National Capital Region (NCR), for instance, of P537 may no longer cope with the price of basic commodities such as food, electricity and water bills,” sabi ni Bello.


Nagpahayag naman ng kumpiyansa ang opisyal na ang RTWPBs ay magsusumite ng kanilang mga rekomendasyon bago matapos ang Abril.


Ayon kay Bello, siyang chairman ng Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board, ang RTWPBs, kabilang din ang National Economic Development Authority (NEDA), ang Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), at mga representatives mula sa parehong labor at employers groups, na bilang pamamaraan aniya ay dapat na nagmo-monitor ng mga wage levels, nag-a-assess ng mga economic factors at nagbibigay ng mga rekomendasyon para sa pagsasaayos ng minimum wages sa buong bansa.


“Setting and adjusting the wage level is one of the most challenging parts of minimum wage fixing. Minimum wage cannot be very low as it will have very small effect in protecting workers and their families against poverty,” saad ng kalihim.


“If set too high, it will have an adverse employment effect. There should be a balance between two sets of considerations,” dagdag pa nito.


Ang RTWPBs sa buong bansa ay nakatanggap ng mga petisyon para sa hinihinging minimum wage increase sa kani-kanilang mga lugar.


“Every year, we have what we call an anniversary period where we make an assessment of all petitions received. One petition called for a uniform increase of P750 in the minimum wage nationwide,” pahayag pa ni Bello.


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