Wednesday, May 20, 2026
Today's Print

Tag: minimum wage

Qatar extends minimum wage of $275/month to all workers

Doha, Qatar—A minimum wage of $275 a month came into force for all workers in Qatar Saturday, official media reported, as the Gulf state...

Biden, Democrats seek ambitious wage hike

When President Joe Biden unveiled a $1.9 trillion stimulus proposal earlier this month, few were surprised by the plan’s hefty price tag or sweeping...

Difficult to love

We are almost certain that when a world-renowned diva recently exclaimed—with an expletive to emphasize her point—that the Philippines is so difficult to love,...

Party-list solon seeks across-the-board P650 minimum wage

Kabayan party-list Rep. Ron Salo on Sunday batted for a P650 national minimum wage to help workers, especially those from the private sector, cope...

A uniform minimum wage

By Bhernadette A. Pascual, CPA Undeniably, every ordinary Filipino is in a tight situation. Prices of goods are soaring and the cost of living is...

ECOP dampens pay hike hopes

The Employers Confederation of the Philippines and the Trade Union Congress of the Philippines are on a collision course over the latter’s petition for a...

P750-daily wage sought

Ahead of the May Day holiday, a labor advocate in the House of Representatives on Monday pressed the demand to raise the minimum wage...

P900 daily wage eyed for construction workers

Party-list group ACTS-OFW has called for a P900-daily minimum wage for construction workers to help address a looming shortage due to migration. “We are losing...

Wage protest

Government workers troop to the front of the Department of Budget and Management office in Manila to call for a national minimum wage of...

Raising the minimum wage is a bad idea

"Support for a minimum wage hike is about pandering to the masses, not about policies that will actually benefit workers."   If you would like to...

Bello pushes wage hike ‘not lower than P20’

The minimum wage for Metro Manila workers will be adjusted by at least P20 per day before the end of October, raising the wage...

Minimum wage hiked in 9 regions; NCR still assessing

THE daily minimum wage for workers in the private sector in nine regions will soon be raised, Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III said Sunday. “Daily...

Central Visayas wages up by P13

The Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board in Central Visayas has raised the daily minimum wage of private workers in Central Visayas by P13,...

Contractuals’ cry

Militant groups march Tuesday from the Welcome Rotonda in Quezon City to Mendiola at the University Belt in Manila—a little over 4 kms—to call...
- Advertisement -spot_img
- Advertisement -spot_img