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==Wage hike in Region 12 unlikely until prescription expires, says DOLE exec== | |||
*Source: http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=2&sid=&nid=2&rid=370575 | |||
*Monday, September 5, 2011, 1:50 pm | |||
:by (PNA) LAP/AVE/RSS | |||
GENERAL SANTOS CITY, Sept. 5 (PNA) – Salary rates for minimum wage earners in the private sector in Region 12 or Southwestern Mindanao may not be adjusted before the one-year prescription period to amend the existing salary rates in the region ends in October. | |||
Lawyer Ma. Gloria A. Tango, Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Region 12 director, said the results of recent consultations conducted by the Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board (RTWPB) showed “a lack of supervening condition” that would warrant an increase at this time. | |||
“The one year prescription will end soon and so we can review and possibly adjust the salaries of private sector workers (after that),” she said, noting they recently conducted consultations that failed to elicit the declaration of a supervening condition. | |||
A declaration of a supervening condition by the RTWPB would warrant a review for a wage increase even if the one-year wage order did not lapse. | |||
In April, the RTWPB conducted consultations but found no reason to declare a supervening condition amid the skyrocketing prices of fuel and other basic consumer goods. | |||
Several consultations were conducted recently that resulted to the same conclusion, even as fuel price continues to rise and is now nearing P60 per liter for premium gasoline in some parts of the region. | |||
Tango urged private sector workers to be patient, reiterating that the one-year prescription to amend the wage rates will soon expire. | |||
On October 31, 2010, the RTWPB approved Wage Order XII-16 that directed a two-tranche daily cost of living allowance (COLA) increase in the salaries in the private sector worth P15. The additional P10 COLA took effect right after the approval and the remaining P5 last April 1. | |||
With the inclusion of the COLA, the new minimum daily wage rates in the region now stands at P260 for non-agriculture workers, P240 for plantation workers, P235 for non-plantation workers, P240 for retail/service establishments employing not more than 10 workers and P234 for retail/service establishments employing less than 10 people. | |||
The Regional Development Council, in a bid to improve employers’ compliance to the wage rates, earlier called on the posting of the rates in giant billboards in strategic places across the region. | |||
Tango earlier said the compliance of employers in the region on the proper wage rates was on a downtrend, pegging it at 72.40 percent in 2010 and 67.15 percent in the first semester of 2011. | |||
==Gensan councilor now stable after shooting incident== | ==Gensan councilor now stable after shooting incident== | ||
*Source: http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=2&sid=&nid=2&rid=370446 | *Source: http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=2&sid=&nid=2&rid=370446 | ||
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Rivera, who is reportedly eyeing the city’s mayoralty post in the 2013 elections, recently forged alliance with Sarangani Rep. Manny Pacquiao’s political party People’s Champ Movement (PCM). | Rivera, who is reportedly eyeing the city’s mayoralty post in the 2013 elections, recently forged alliance with Sarangani Rep. Manny Pacquiao’s political party People’s Champ Movement (PCM). | ||
==DA Sec Alcala leads groundbreaking of Asparagus Plant in GenSan== | ==DA Sec Alcala leads groundbreaking of Asparagus Plant in GenSan== | ||