Cyril L. Ticao, DOLE Central Visayas director and also chair of the region’s wage board, said the labor groups filed a petition for a P155.80-increase in daily minimum wage. ADVERTISEMENTSeparate petitionThe moderate Associated Labor Unions-Trade Union Congress of the Philippines filed a separate petition for a P120 daily minimum wage increase. Workers in nonagriculture and agriculture establishments in Central Visayas last received a wage hike on March 10 last year. The first public hearing on the consolidated petitions would be held on April 12 in Dumaguete City in Negros Oriental, the DOLE regional chief said. They would be allowed to get copies of the wage increase petitions and examine these during the wage board’s office hours.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer April 08, 2018 21:22 UTC