Angel N.

Arcega

10-SSC. English

"The Government should raise the minimum wage."

Every area in the Philippines has a different daily minimum wage, making it difficult to generalize.
Also, there has been no increase in the Philippine minimum wage from 2019 at Php 537 a day in 2020. It
is expected that between 2022 and 2023, the Philippine minimum daily salary would have risen from its
current level of Php 490 to Php 537 pesos. Unfortunately, the Philippines' minimum hourly pay didn't
rise at that time because of the pandemic but stayed the same as before.Workers in the National Capital
Region (NCR), Western Visayas, and three other areas will soon receive an increase in their take-home
pay as a result of a new minimum wage. According to the Department of Labor and Employment or
DOLE, after the new directive takes effect on June 4, the Metro Manila minimum wage would rise by a
total of Php 33.

According to .lumina.com.ph. One of the most effective methods to prevent cheap labor from being
exploited is via minimum wage laws across the globe. Employee productivity and income disparities
across gender and age groups are greatly improved by minimum wage policies, which operate as a
survival strategy for workers. Employee perks such as thirteenth-month pay, holiday pay, health, and
insurance benefits maintain a stable working environment for all employees in the Philippines,
regardless of their status or occupation.The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) and its
associate body, the National Wages and Productivity Commission (NWPC), are responsible for ensuring
that the Philippines' labor legislation is properly implemented. Working hours, overtime, paid time off,
statutory benefits, and daily minimum wage are just a few of the requirements laid down in the labor
law that must be followed by every company.

the Philippines, there is no such thing as a minimum hourly pay or a minimum wage. The bare minimum
pay in the Philippines varies from one employment to the next, from one sector to the next, and from
one place to the next.Daily wage jobs aren't the only kinds of occupations available in the Philippines. In
fact, an 8-hour workday isn't always achievable in some kinds of occupations. An example of this is are
domestic workers or a live-in housemaid that can't be counted on to provide an exact number of hours.
In addition to that, an elementary school teacher and a private school instructor must make notes or
analyze answer sheets outside of school hours to do so.

Every area in the Philippines has a different daily minimum wage, making it difficult to generalize.
Also, there has been no increase in the Philippine minimum wage from 2019 at Php 537 a day in 2020. It
is expected that between 2022 and 2023, the Philippine minimum daily salary would have risen from its
current level of Php 490 to Php 537 pesos. Unfortunately, the Philippines' minimum hourly pay didn't
rise at that time because of the pandemic but stayed the same as before.

On May 13, 2022, the Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board – NCR issued Wage Order No.
NCR-23, which approved a Php 33 minimum wage increase, bringing the new minimum wage rate to
Php 570 and Php 533 for employees in the non-agriculture and agricultural sectors, respectively.Around
one million minimum wage earners in private businesses in the area are likely to benefit from this new
law. Minimum wage employees' buying power was restored due to rising prices on essential items,
commodities, and petroleum products, which was the basis for the rise. It can be remembered that it
was on November 22, 2018, that the latest Wage Order for private-sector employees in the NCR went
into effect.

The Philippines has learned to grow its aggregate output faster and more sustainably in recent years.
But It still has to learn how to achieve sustained reduction in the incidence rate of poverty. On this
question, many believe that large increases in minimum wages would significantly reduce poverty by
raising workers’ earnings without decreasing employment opportunities