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MANILA, Philippines — Commerce unions on Sunday dismissed claims of massive companies and employers that implementing the P200 each day wage improve would trigger huge layoffs and larger financial issues.
“These fear-mongering claims at all times come out each time staff are calling for wage hikes,” Josua Mata, Secretary Basic of the Nationwide Labor Heart middle of united and progressive staff (middle) stated over dzBB.
“However when will these employers lastly repair the measly salaries of their staff? When will we right this historic injustice? For 36 years, our minimal wage earners reside off salaries, that are even decrease than the poverty threshold for a household of 5,” he stated.
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The Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Trade (PCCI), the nation’s greatest enterprise group, earlier expressed opposition to the P200 legislated wage hike within the decrease Home of Congress below Home Invoice No. 11376.
The group urged the lawmakers to go away it as much as the regional wage boards (RWBs) to find out wage changes.
The proposed laws would exempt barangay microbusiness enterprises and permit retail or service institutions frequently using no more than 10 staff in addition to institutions “adversely affected by pure calamities or human-induced disasters” to use for exemption.
The PCCI famous that the wage hike would result in increased labor prices, notably for micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs).
The Philippine Retailers Affiliation additionally warned of mass layoffs ought to the wage hike be applied.
However Mata stated these large companies had been “operating away from their duties by hiding behind MSMEs.” He famous that micro- and small-enterprises are exempted from complying with the minimal wage guidelines. /cb
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