Metro workers get wage hike

**CVT** · May 3rd, 2011 09:34 PM

Bago pa ibigay iyan,- baka ma-wash out na ng pagtaas sa presyo ng gasolina....

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**renzo_d10** · May 3rd, 2011 09:41 PM

^ onga eh. grabe diba, 58.xx na yung premium ta's 57.xx na yung unleaded. Hayzzz.

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regarding the topic, malaki nga 125/day. expect na marami nanaman magbabawas na tao esp. dun sa mga low-profile companies. mga factories for example.

**wowiesy** · May 4th, 2011 02:17 PM

Originally Posted by niwde11

dapat talaga ganun. kaso ultimo presidente e nagsasabi na dapat me wage increase kahit wala pa isang buwan

coordinated kasi yan eh...

the labor sector / Executive Department got the DOLE to declare a "supervening event" that would justify the start if the process in salary increases within the year after the last increase...

ang hindi ko maintindihan, they connect the sky rocketing prices of fuel as supervening event... tama there is inflation, but not as huge as the increse in fuel prices....

i think inuunahan lang nila to increase wages, bago ma force ang LTFRB to increase fare rates ... hirap ang middle class / masa kapag nauna tumaas ang pamasahe bago ang sahod.. mas malaking pressure...

ang hirap lang sa labor laws natin.. may principle of non - diminution... porke ba na reach mo salary mo now, given your efficiency now and other factors, hindi na puwede bumaba, buti kung ma maintain mo efficiency mo... eh kung pababa ang efficiency ng tao, tapos pataas ang wages... talo talaga ang employer dito...

**wowiesy** · May 4th, 2011 02:19 PM

Originally Posted by renzo_d10

^ onga eh. grabe diba, 58.xx na yung premium ta's 57.xx na yung unleaded. Hayzzz.

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regarding the topic, malaki nga 125/day. expect na marami nanaman magbabawas na tao esp. dun sa mga low-profile companies. mga factories for example.

malabo siguro 125/day increase.. although umiksena na si Senator Bong sa Senate ata, filing a 125 mandated wage increase over a 3 year period... mataas pa rin by any standards....

**_Qwerty_** · May 5th, 2011 10:39 AM

hmmmm 13.35 lang daw ang kayang ibigay nang private sector.. this one looks realistic.. kaso 25.00 nga ayaw na nang TUCP.. tsk tsk tsk

http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx...bCategoryId=63

TUCP rejects P25 wage increase for Metro workers

MANILA, Philippines - Organized labor rejected yesterday the proposal of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) to grant a P25 increase in the daily salary of workers in Metro Manila, while employers only offered a P13 wage hike.

Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP) said the workers couldn’t accept the P25 wage adjustment proposed by the BSP, which is far from the P75 daily salary increase the workers are demanding.

Raffy Mapalo, TUCP deputy spokesman, said workers in Metro Manila need at least P75 increase in their daily basic pay to cope with the rising cost of basic commodities, but the workers might consider lowering their demand to P45.

BSP Governor Amando Tetangco Jr. warned the government that the wage board in Metro Manila should not give a wage adjustment higher than P25 to avoid inflation.

Mapalo, however, said the BSP has no basis for setting a limit on the wage adjustment to be approved by the Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board in the National Capital Region (RTWPB-NCR).

“We think that wage determination is not BSP’s area of responsibility and competency. Let us leave that to the wage boards,” said Mapalo.
“If employers keep denying wage increases, workers’ conditions and living standards will never improve,” Mapalo added.

RTWPB-NCR chair Raymundo Agravante said the board still has no amount of the wage hike at this time since they would still have to deliberate on Monday and hopefully come out with a decision on the same day.

The board granted P22 increase in basic pay of minimum wage earners in Metro Manila last year.

Employers Confederation of the Philippines (ECOP) president Edgardo Lacson said companies could not give the P75 daily wage hike demanded by workers but they are willing to give a P13.35 daily wage increase in Metro Manila.

“Based on the erosion rate (of the peso) in the National Capital Region (NCR), the increase in wages should only be P13.35,” Lacson said during the National Conference of Employers held yesterday at the Marriott Hotel in Pasay City.

Lacson said employers in southern Luzon are only offering P1 daily wage hike.

He explained that the erosion rate is the current value of the peso versus inflation or the prices of basic goods and commodities. The data used by ECOP to compute their erosion rate was from July 2010 to March 2011.

“We cannot give the P75. The purpose of the tripartite meeting was to hold a dialogue but where was the dialogue last Monday? They were hurling things at us,” Lacson said.

He noted that there are three types of arguments in the adjustment of wages, the economic, the emotional and the political.

Lacson said it should not be all emotional and that the economic computations and repercussions should also be considered.

He warned the workers that companies might be forced to lay off employees if the P75 wage hike is enforced.

Lacson said that in Japan, many companies with 400 subsidiaries in CALABARZON have production cutbacks as a result of the recent earthquake, tsunami and nuclear plant leak.

Lacson said the volatile and temporary increases in the prices of fuel, transport and basic goods have resulted in hearings of the wage board.

The first hearing was last Monday; the next is on May 9. He estimated that the publication of the decision will be on May 15 and the new wage will be implemented in June.

He appealed to the concerned people to harness collectively, through the tripartite arrangement, a solution to address this temporary market aberration without irreparably harming the long-term economic future.

Vice President Jejomar Binay, who was the keynote speaker during the ECOP conference, said he is certain that there will be adjustment in wages but he still cannot say by how much.

He said he does not have an acceptable range yet but this matter will be discussed during the tripartite meetings.
“President Aquino’s 22 point labor agenda is anchored on a tripartite model and builds on the foundations of tripartism set by previous administrations,” Binay said. – With Elisa Osorio, Jose Rodel Clapano, Sheila Crisostomo

**uls** · May 5th, 2011 11:29 AM

Phils April inflation 4.5%

core inflation 3.8%

wala pa wage hike yan

**_Qwerty_** · May 10th, 2011 08:59 AM

here it is.. the wage board approved Php22.00 in ECOLA for minimum wage earners effective May 26.. so if you're earning more than Php404.00 a day.. you'll only get a portion of this..

ex. if you're getting Php600.00 per day

404 / 600 = .6733 x 22 = Php14.81 increase

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http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx...bCategoryId=63

Metro wage board approves P22 ECOLA hike

MANILA, Philippines - The Department of Labor and Employment reported yesterday that the regional wage board of Metro Manila had approved an additional P22 daily emergency cost-of-living allowance (ECOLA).

Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz said the wage board in the National Capital Region (NCR), after “intense” deliberation, approved the granting of additional P22 ECOLA for minimum wage earners in the region.

Baldoz said the additional P22 ECOLA would bring to P426 the daily minimum wage of workers in the region from the current P404.

Baldoz said although the board did not grant an increase in basic pay, the additional allowance would help workers mitigate the continuing increase in prices of essential commodities.

Baldoz added that the newly issued wage order would benefit not only the three million minimum wage earners in the region but also those receiving beyond the floor wage due to wage distortion.

“The board also needs to take into consideration the employers’ capacity to pay given the high fuel-related production costs, and the great majority of enterprises in the region are micro and small enterprises,” Baldoz said.

She said the granting of ECOLA would have minimum impact on inflation and at the same time guarantee that workers would be able to cope with the high prices of commodities.

Raymundo Agravante, wage board chairman, said the board opted to grant ECOLA to prevent the possible closure of commercial establishments that could hardly afford the additional cost in their operations.

“The original proposal was P20 increase in basic pay, but the board decided to grant ECOLA because it’s less costly for the employers since it is excluded in the computation of wage-related benefits such as overtime pay,” Agravante explained.

Agravante added that the board also heeded the warning of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) on the possible inflationary effect of giving more than P25 increase in daily pay of workers.

“In the end the employers’ position was P2O ECOLA but we still managed to haggle P22 or a P2 allowance in anticipation of projected increase in prices of basic commodities,” Agravante explained.

Agravante said the new wage order is set to take effect on May 26, but distressed commercial establishments, those employing less than 10 workers and companies suffering from natural disasters are exempted from the order.

However, the Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP), the country largest labor group, expressed dismay over the wage board’s decision to grant only ECOLA and not increase in basic pay.

“The board’s decision to give a measly P22 wage increase in the form of ECOLA is definitely not enough considering that the worst inflation is yet to come at this time,” TUCP deputy spokesman Raffy Mapalo said.

TUCP earlier filed a formal petition seeking a P75 across-the-board increase in the daily pay of all workers in the region.

Mapalo said the Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board (RTWPB) just missed the important opportunity to help poor workers and raise their deteriorating standard of living.

Mapalo said TUCP would immediately file before the National Wages and Productivity Commission (NWPC) a motion seeking reconsideration of the wage board’s decision.

If the board would deny their motion for reconsideration, Mapalo said, TUCP would appeal their case before the Supreme Court.

TUCP also called on Congress to rectify the board’s erroneous and bad decision and come out with a measure that would improve the existing wage-fixing system. – With Michael Punongbayan, Christina Mendez, Paolo Romero

**jave** · May 10th, 2011 10:17 AM

Siyempre, typical reaction ng mga bobong union.

"Ayaw namin! Kulang sa amin yan! Sasampa kami ng petisyon! Waaah waaah waaah!"

Magsama na lang kayo sa kalye kapag nawalan kayo ng trabaho dahil sa kakapilit ninyo sa taas ng suweldo, ha?

Kaya marami nagsasara at umaalis na malalaking korporasyon (tulad ng Intel, dati may planta dito ngayon lumipat na sa Vietnam) dito sa bansang ito ay dahil sa mga angal nila na walang tigil.

**_Qwerty_** · May 18th, 2012 11:40 AM

looks like another wage increase soon... again via COLA..

NCR workers get wage hike | BusinessWorld Online Edition

NCR workers get wage hike

PRIVATE SECTOR workers earning the floor pay in Metro Manila should soon see their monthly take rise by about P900 under a new wage decision reached yesterday, a Labor official said.

"It will increase monthly wage by P900, but this is CoLA (cost of living allowance)," Alan M. Macaraya, director of the Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board for the National Capital Region (NCR), said in a telephone interview after the body’s meeting in Quezon City.

While he declined to elaborate, Mr. Macaraya said the wage order will provide a new CoLA and integrate the current P22 CoLA into the P389-426 daily minimum wage to make the new base pay. The existing wage order expires on May 26.

Mr. Macaraya added that the new order will provide for a two-tiered wage system -- consisting of a floor pay and productivity-based increase -- currently being implemented in the Cavite-Batangas-Laguna-Rizal-Quezon (Calabarzon) region where a new wage order took effect last Tuesday.

While Mr. Macaraya said via text message that the wage board’s decision "will be announced tomorrow (May 18)," he clarified that details of the order -- particularly on the new scheme -- are still being finalized.

Labor Secretary Rosalinda D. Baldoz told reporters in April that while a new daily minium wage hike for Metro Manila can be expected this month, it could range from P13-21 per day -- far short of the P90 adjustment formally sought by the Trade Union Congress of the Philippines in March.

Sought for comment, Ernie O. Cecilia, chairman of the industrial relations committee of the American Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines, Inc., said by phone that the Labor department "should begin to transition to the two-tier wage system as soon as possible", echoing the stand of the Employers Confederation of the Philippines that raises in pay should be based on productivity.

Besides Calabarzon (Region 4A), five other regions, so far, have received new wage orders, namely: Cagayan Valley (Region 2), Bicol (Region 5), Western Visayas (Region 6), Davao (Region 11) and the South Cotabato-Cotabato-Sultan Kudarat-Sarangani-General Santos City cluster (Soccsksargen or Region 12).

Ms. Baldoz said in a statement yesterday that she expects the wage boards of the Cordillera Administrative Region and Ilocos (Region 1) to soon decide "whether to increase or not the daily basic wage of the private workers in their respective regions", noting these bodies "are already winding up their public hearings and wage consultations." -- A. E. Barrameda