The Senate Committee on Labor, Employment and Human Resources Development will deal with the payments searching for to extend the minimal wage within the nation on May 10, Senator Jinggoy Estrada mentioned Monday.
Estrada, who chairs the committee, introduced it throughout the celebration of the 121st Labor Day within the Philippines.
Among the measures which might be anticipated to be tackled are the invoice searching for to reform the system of accelerating the minimal wage, the invoice searching for to supply P150 throughout the board wage improve and the invoice amending the Wage Rationalization Act, which can impose penalties in opposition to employers who don’t comply with the day by day wage will increase.
“Hindi man naihabol ngayong taon kasabay ng pagdiriwang ng Labor Day ang panawagang legislated wage increase, makakaasa ang publiko na gugulong na sa Senado ang mga inihaing panukalang batas,” Estrada mentioned.
“We will listen to the comments and inputs from the tripartite sectors: labor, employer, and government, and look forward to a mutually beneficial result for both workers and employers,” he added.
In a tv interview, Senate Minority Leader Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III mentioned it’s excessive time to overview the minimal wage in all areas, noting that the price of dwelling within the rural areas is now increased.
“We have right now a decentralized system where we have regional wage boards. But then, even if you look at the region which has the highest daily wage already, if you look at that amount, you can still question whether that amount is sufficient for a daily wage earner with a family of total number of five even in the other regions where the cost of living is supposed to be cheaper,” Pimentel mentioned in an interview on CNN Philippines.
“So it’s really time to review the amounts and then a legislated minimum wage can live side by side with our decentralized system,” he added.
Since there isn’t a announcement from the administration on rising the minimal wage, Pimentel mentioned the most effective it could do is to precise assist to legislated wage hikes.
Further, the senator mentioned the federal government should be “more imaginative” in relation to the wants of the workers as a result of the fact is that life may be very tough nowadays.
The lawmaker additionally pressured the necessity to deal with the payments on minimal wage hike to make sure that the salaries of the workers are “decent” sufficient to assist their households.
In a separate assertion, Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri echoed his name for higher wage, advantages and safety for employees.
“Alam kong napakahalaga nito lalo na at patuloy na tumataas ang presyo ng mga bilihin at bayarin, na kahit na pagpaguran ng isang manggagawa ang kanyang full-time na trabaho, minsan ay hindi na rin sapat ang pasahod dito para suportahan ang kanyang pamilya,” mentioned Zubiri.
“Kailangan nating i-angat ang ating mga manggagawa, at siguruhin na nakukuha nila ang tamang sahod na pinagpapaguran nila. Ang mga manggagawa ang pundasyon ng buong business sector, at kung wala sila, babagsak ang ating ekonomiya at ang ating bansa. Kaya ibigay natin kung ano ang nararapat sa kanila,” he added.
In March, Zubiri filed Senate Bill 2002 which proposed a P150.00 throughout the board improve within the minimal wage of employees within the personal sector to cowl meals, water, gasoline, electrical energy, clothes, transportation, hire, communications, and different private wants. —KBK, GMA Integrated News
Source: www.gmanetwork.com
