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February 21, 2021 | 6:32 pm
Employers group doubts approval of P100 daily wage hike
THE Employers Confederation of the Philippines (ECOP) said the emergency P100 daily salary increase petitioned by some labor groups is unlikely to be granted by the wage board as businesses continue to suffer from the economic onslaught brought by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) crisis. In a phone interview with
BusinessWorld, ECOP President Sergio R. Ortiz-Luis, Jr. said, “We feel for them (workers). We understand that prices of goods are getting higher for consumers.” However, he said based on past wage hike petitions filed by labor groups, “
Hindi ito makakalusot (I don’t think this will get through)… Under the circumstances, there is no chance for that.” Defend Jobs Philippines announced last week that it will file a petition for an emergency across-the-board wage relief of P100 before the National Wages and Productivity Commission on Monday
Employers are now looking at 2022 as recovery year instead of 2021 due to the “very slow” reopening of business with the medical and the military making decisions for the domestic economy.
ECOP President Sergio Ortiz-Luis Jr.
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February 14, 2021 EMPLOYERS believe that granting the proposed P100 daily wage hike will impact especially the micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) which are struggling to survive amid the coronavirus pandemic, and can result in a rise in unemployment.
“The P100 wage increase was requested for a number of years. It did not prosper before the pandemic hit, much more now with the coronavirus? The chances are very nil that it will prosper,” Employers Confederation of the Philippines president Sergio Ortiz-Luis Jr. said in Filipino in a radio interview.
Ortiz-Luis Jr. said some MSMEs remained closed amid the pandemic, some are still undecided on business reopening, while others adopt rotation of workers schemes.