MANILA, Philippines — The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) has vowed to push for the granting of hazard pay and more benefits for the agency’s traffic enforcers. In a statement on Saturday, MMDA Chairman Danilo Lim said they would ask President Rodrigo Duterte to give hazard pay for traffic enforcers. READ: DOST study backs hazard pay for MMDA enforcersIn 2017, the MMDA lobbied for the passafe of a bill that would impose wage hike and hazard pay for traffic enforcers. However, most of the traffic enforcers are casual and job-order employees. The MMDA chairman also said “low salary is not an excuse” for traffic enforcers to engage in corrupt acts.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer June 15, 2019 09:30 UTC