Man Receives 2-Day Salary In Coins, Company Accused Of Discrimination
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Valenzuela City officials suspended Nexgreen Exterprise s business permit
The company admitted to paying one of its workers, Russel Mañoza, in the form of small change
Mañoza claimed the company paid him in coins to spite him for speaking up against its labor practices
Government officials in Valenzuela City, Philippines suspended a local factory s business permit Wednesday after its owners admitted to paying a worker in the form of small change.
Mayor Rex Gatchalian suspended the business permit of Nexgreen Enterprise after one of the company s factory workers was found to have been paid his two-day P1,056 ($21) salary in the form of small denominations, mostly in 5-centavo ($.0010), 10-centavo ($.0020), and P1 ($.020) coins, Philippine newspaper the Manila Bulletin reported.