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abtest

Bicol wage board suspends pay hike deliberations

By Mayen Jaymalin | 8 days ago

Minimum wage earners in Bicol will not be getting a pay hike just yet as the regional wage board suspended the deliberations...

Nation

Minimum wage hike approved in Calabarzon, Central Visayas

By Jean Mangaluz | September 16, 2024 - 12:35pm

A minimum wage increase in Calabarzon and Central Visayas has been approved by its respective Regional Tripartite Wages and...

Headlines

Less holidays does not promote real productivity

August 21, 2024 - 12:00am

Improved productivity has been experienced by many progressive countries when employers and employees break the impasse on wage hikes, arrive at the practical reality that imposing minimum wage is not realistic with...

Letters to the Editor

Try living on P645 a day

By BREAKTHROUGH | By Elfren S. Cruz | July 7, 2024 - 12:00am

The recent minimum wage hike of P35 a day that would raise the minimum daily rate to P645 has drawn condemnation from virtually all sectors.

Opinion

P35 daily minimum wage hike sa NCR aprubado na

By Mer Layson | July 2, 2024 - 12:00am

Inaprubahan na ng NCR Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board ang P35 na minimum wage hike.

Police Metro

Grupo ikinatuwa NCR wage consultation; P1,200/araw na minimum inilaban

By James Relativo | May 23, 2024 - 6:31pm

"Welcome development" para sa isang alyansa ng labor unions atbp. manggagawa ang konsultasyong ginagawa ng NCR Regional Tripartite...

Bansa

NCR 'family living wage' P1,192/araw, halos doble pa rin ng minimum

By James Relativo | May 10, 2024 - 12:10pm

Halos kalahati lang ang P610/araw na Metro Manila minimum wage ng sahod na kakailanganin para "mabuhay nang disente"...

Bansa

Pagrebyu sa minimum wage, sisimulan na ng wage boards

By Mer Layson | May 10, 2024 - 12:00am

Nakatakda na umanong simulan ng ilang regional wage boards ang pagrepaso sa minimum wage rates alinsunod na rin sa kautusan...

Bansa

Inflation rate lumobo sa 3.8% dahil pa rin sa gastusin sa pagkain, transportasyon

By James Relativo | May 7, 2024 - 11:25am

Patuloy sa pagtulin ang inflation rate nitong Abril 2024 primarya dahil sa mas mataas na "year-on-year increase" sa presyo...

Bansa

'Palayain!': Pag-aresto sa 6 aktibista noong Labor Day protests binakbakan

By James Relativo | May 2, 2024 - 2:41pm

Iginigiit ngayon ng sari-saring grupo ang pagpapalaya sa "Mayo Uno 6" na inaresto ng kapulisan noong Araw ng Paggawa, ito...

Bansa