TO help boost the country’s low labor productivity, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) is now pushing for a new law for the accreditation of productivity experts who can make it easier for firms to get tax incentives for productivity schemes. National Wages and Productivity Commission (NWPC) Executive Director…
The regional wage boards are not vested with the power to grant mass exemption to micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) from the minimum wage limit, according to the National Wages and Productivity Commission (NWPC). However, it noted that Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Boards (RTWPB) could grant such exemption on a…
EVEN household service workers (HSW) could benefit from the ongoing minimum wage rate review being conducted by the regional wage boards, according to the National Wages and Productivity Commission (NWPC). NWPC Executive Director Maria Criselda R. Sy disclosed that Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Boards (RTWPB) initiated the review upon…
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January 11, 2021 | 8:05 pm
REGIONAL WAGE BOARDS have been given the go-ahead to conduct virtual hearings and consultations to adjust the minimum wage in their areas of responsibility, according to the National Wages and Productivity Commission (NWPC).
In a phone interview, NWPC Executive Director Maria Criselda R. Sy said before the pandemic, wage hearings were limited to face-to-face meetings.
“The guidelines will accommodate the multiplatform… this will now allow multiple platforms for consultations,” she said, subject to “the discretion of the (regional wage) board.”
The NWPC released the new guidelines for wage setting via a notice published in a newspaper Monday.