Kabayan party-list Representatives Ron Salo and Ciriaco Calalang have filed a bill that would impose a national daily minimum wage and empower the labor secretary to adjust the rates. 7527 would do away with the current system of giving the regional tripartite wages and productivity boards the right to fix different regional minimum wage rates. The bill seeks to repeal Article 99 of Presidential Decree No. 442, which created the regional wage boards. Instead, the labor secretary would be empowered to increase the minimum wage either upon petition by any labor unit or motu proprio (on his own impulse).

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer April 30, 2018 22:30 UTC