HARD WORK, LOW PAY Construction workers, who continue to be paid about P60 per hour, install steel bars at a building in Pasay City in this file photo. —INQUIRER FILE PHOTO
MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Labor and Employment (Dole) on Tuesday approved a minimum wage hike of P85 for the National Capital Region (NCR), with the labor chief calling this a “historic” increase even as it elicited skepticism to disapproval from concerned stakeholders.
The increase granted by Dole’s Wage Order No. NCR-27 will be delivered in two tranches—P60 to be given on July 19, when the order takes effect, and P25 on Jan. 20 next year.
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The new wage hike followed after several proposals for NCR workers had been submitted to Dole—from the P200 proposed increase filed by labor coalition Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP), to petitions calling for double the minimum wages in Metro Manila.FEATURED STORIES
