A bill that seeks to implement an across-the-board increase in the daily wages of private sector workers has been filed before the House of Representatives. | GabrielLaluINQ
“Filipino workers are becoming a class of the permanently poor, struggling every day to eke out their bare necessities with household spending gravely impacted by wages real value continues to decrease due to the stubbornly high inflation,” Mendoza said.
“That is why this representation filed this ‘Wage Recovery Act of 2023’ that seeks to provide a legislated across-the-board wage recovery increase of P150 in the daily wages of workers and employees in the private sector across the regions. It aims to recover the purchasing power of current wages lost to high inflation and to supplement for the 34 years that there was no substantial wage increase since the regional daily minimum wage determination mechanism was established in 1989,” he added.
The said bill was forwarded by the Committee on Rules to the Committee on Labor and employment last March 15. It has been pending, however, at the same committee.INQUIRER.net wants to hear from you! Take part in our reader survey and help us be better. Click on this image to answer.Subscribe to our daily newsletter
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