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                    [Title] => Labor groups ask Supreme Court to void orders blocking NCR wage hike
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Workers challenge Pasig, Navotas court orders blocking the wage hike.

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The Supreme Court has ruled that illegally dismissed employees are entitled not only to full backwages but also to the remittance of their Social Security System contributions for the entire duration of their unlawful termination.

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Akbayan asked the Supreme Court to review a Pasig court’s orders suspending Metro Manila’s new minimum wage hike.

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The halt order kept the daily minimum wage at P695 instead of P755.

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Children under 15 in vlogs, streams and digital ads may require work permits.

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The United States has slapped a fresh 12.5% tariff on Philippine exports after concluding that Manila has yet to ban goods made with forced labor from entering its market.

[DatePublished] => 2026-07-24 13:30:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 1 [AuthorID] => 1807493 [AuthorName] => Cristina Chi [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => https://media.philstar.com/photos/2025/07/25/marcos-trump-white-house-alliance_2025-07-25_00-38-00668_thumbnail.jpg ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 2544155 [Title] => 78% of Filipino workers use AI, but worry about weaker thinking [Summary] =>

There are AI tradeoffs that Filipino workers are starting to feel.

[DatePublished] => 2026-07-24 08:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 1 [AuthorID] => 1808965 [AuthorName] => Renalyn Ramirez [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => https://media.philstar.com/photos/2026/07/24/virtual-assistant-filipino_2026-07-24_10-33-3593_thumbnail.jpg ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 2544187 [Title] => Labor productivity and wages [Summary] =>

Calls for a suspension in the implementation of the minimum wage increase order have centered on the claim that there is a lack of productivity gains to support it.

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Labor groups have filed an appeal before the National Wages and Productivity Commission against the P85 wage increase recently issued by the National Capital Region Wage Board.

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The Supreme Court ruled that absence from work does not automatically amount to job abandonment or justify dismissal.

[DatePublished] => 2026-06-30 08:07:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 1 [AuthorID] => 1807953 [AuthorName] => Ian Laqui [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => https://media.philstar.com/photos/2026/02/10/supreme-court-logojpeg_2026-02-10_12-11-41584_thumbnail.jpg ) ) )
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                    [Title] => Labor groups ask Supreme Court to void orders blocking NCR wage hike
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Workers challenge Pasig, Navotas court orders blocking the wage hike.

[DatePublished] => 2026-08-12 17:01:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 1 [AuthorID] => 1807953 [AuthorName] => Ian Laqui [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => https://media.philstar.com/photos/2026/02/10/supreme-court-logojpeg_2026-02-10_12-11-41584_thumbnail.jpg ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 2548597 [Title] => Illegally dismissed workers entitled to backdated SSS contributions — Supreme Court [Summary] =>

The Supreme Court has ruled that illegally dismissed employees are entitled not only to full backwages but also to the remittance of their Social Security System contributions for the entire duration of their unlawful termination.

[DatePublished] => 2026-08-12 08:02:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 1 [AuthorID] => 1807953 [AuthorName] => Ian Laqui [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => https://media.philstar.com/photos/2022/11/28/justice-buildings-52022-08-0921-47-11_2022-11-28_17-04-27_thumbnail.jpg ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 2548575 [Title] => Groups seek Supreme Court review of court order halting wage hike [Summary] =>

Akbayan asked the Supreme Court to review a Pasig court’s orders suspending Metro Manila’s new minimum wage hike.

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The halt order kept the daily minimum wage at P695 instead of P755.

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Children under 15 in vlogs, streams and digital ads may require work permits.

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The United States has slapped a fresh 12.5% tariff on Philippine exports after concluding that Manila has yet to ban goods made with forced labor from entering its market.

[DatePublished] => 2026-07-24 13:30:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 1 [AuthorID] => 1807493 [AuthorName] => Cristina Chi [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => https://media.philstar.com/photos/2025/07/25/marcos-trump-white-house-alliance_2025-07-25_00-38-00668_thumbnail.jpg ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 2544155 [Title] => 78% of Filipino workers use AI, but worry about weaker thinking [Summary] =>

There are AI tradeoffs that Filipino workers are starting to feel.

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Calls for a suspension in the implementation of the minimum wage increase order have centered on the claim that there is a lack of productivity gains to support it.

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Labor groups have filed an appeal before the National Wages and Productivity Commission against the P85 wage increase recently issued by the National Capital Region Wage Board.

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The Supreme Court ruled that absence from work does not automatically amount to job abandonment or justify dismissal.

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