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NCR minimum wage barely half of family living wage
May 18, 2022
NCR minimum wage increased but still falls short of living wage
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March 18, 2022
Gap between men and women wages remains wide
March 8, 2020
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Low wages for Filipino women workers
March 8, 2020
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On the act requiring private sector employers to pay 14th month pay
July 2, 2019
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Be bold enough to implement a meaningful wage hike, gov’t told
November 7, 2018
The new National Capital Region (NCR) minimum wage is still way below the amount that a family needs to cope with continuously rising prices, research group IBON said. The paltry increase reflects government’s refusal to institute a meaningful wage hike despite its urgency and doability. Government should instead have ordered employers to give a substantial […]
IBON — Php238 NCR wage hike doable without worsening inflation
October 11, 2018
As the Metro Manila regional wage board deliberates a minimum wage hike for later this month, research group IBON said that a much-needed Php238 minimum wage increase is possible and need not be inflationary. Millions of Filipino workers including in the National Capital Region (NCR) are burdened by high prices of goods and services. The […]
Wage hikes need not cause higher prices — IBON
July 20, 2018
Research group IBON said that substantially raising the minimum wage of Filipino workers need not lead to price hikes, contrary to the recent claims of National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) Secretary Ernesto Pernia. IBON said that wage hikes should be taken from profits instead of being considered a cost of production passed on to […]
TRAIN-driven rising cost of living makes wage hike urgent
July 9, 2018
Research group IBON said that tax-driven inflation is making the meager wages of poor Filipinos fall even further behind the rising cost of living. The group said this makes it even more urgent for the government to immediately raise wages even as it revisits the Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion (TRAIN) law behind the […]
