31-M workers denied minimum wage –IbonThirty-one million of the total 67.1 million Filipino workers have not been receiving the correct minimum wage since 2013, according to an independent research group. Ibon added that workers who receive lower than the minimum wage include those in Metro Manila (National Capital Region or NCR). President Rodrigo Duterte, Ibon added, should push the idea of increasing the mandated minimum wage to improve the situation of millions of workers. Ibon noted that only 16.5 million workers, or 24.6 percent of the total workforce, have been receiving the minimum wage since 2013. This comprised a government-determined mandatory ‘floor wage,’ which is lower than the mandatory minimum wage, and a productivity-based incentive, which is optional for employers to implement,” it said.

Source: Manila Times July 24, 2016 11:15 UTC