Grupo ng mga employer, tutol sa mungkahing P100 minimum wage hike na isinusulong sa Senado | BT - video Dailymotion

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00:00 We will discuss the Senate's decision to add 100 pesos to the daily minimum wage in the private sector.

00:06 We are joined by the Employers' Confederation of the Philippines President Serio Ortiz Luis Jr. Good morning and welcome to Balitang Hali.

00:14 Good morning to you, Oli and Raffy and to our listeners.

00:21 Why did the employers refuse the Senate's decision?

00:25 Well, first of all, the Senate's priority is wrong.

00:34 There are 52 million in the labor market, including the informal market, that's 84 percent.

00:50 The formal market is only 16 percent. That's under the control of the employers, who are benefiting from the wage increase because they have employers.

01:08 The 84 percent are farmers, fishermen, type of drivers, electric drivers, migratory vendors, most of them, including the government employees,

01:24 who are more than two million, the unemployed, who are more than two million and the underemployed. That's what needs help.

01:35 The farmers are not earning. How many farmers have employers? How many employees do they have? Most of them, when they increase their salary,

01:53 they think they will increase their salary. When the commission says something, they should answer.

02:00 They don't have employers. The government is the only one expecting that. The government cannot do it.

02:07 In the informal market, the minimum wage earners in companies, if you will say across the board, and when the wage increases,

02:23 across the board, and the managers, the president, and the distortion, when you increase your salary, you also increase the amount.

02:37 From 10 to 16 percent, the 10 percent minimum wage earners are five billion. Out of the 52 billion, that's the beneficiary.

02:51 Those are better situated than the informal market. Why do we force them to give a comment every year, to help the workers?

03:04 They are not a minority among the workers.

03:07 Sir... The problem is, in the informal market, 90 percent are micro industries.

03:20 Sir, I'm sorry. I will cut you off. I'm saying that it's not money. There might be other alternatives, like other benefits that the employer can give, if the salary is not high.

03:33 That's true. That's why I'm saying, in the informal market, 90 percent are micro, 8 percent are small.

03:50 The medium, 1 percent. The large, less than 1 percent. The large and medium, that's no issue. It's higher than what they're asking for.

04:01 Even the Christmas bonus, it's 17,000 pesos. But that's not enough. It's good for my life. I can earn money.

04:12 The problem is, the micro, 90 percent, 65 percent of employment is in their hands.

04:19 I see. All right.

04:20 That's not... we will not embrace that. We will speak up because they are the ones who are affected.

04:28 Yes. Thank you very much. We will repeat this conversation.

04:35 That's Echo President Sergio Ortiz Luiz Jr. Thank you very much.

04:40 Thank you very much, Polly and Raffy.

04:44 (music)

Grupo ng mga employer, tutol sa mungkahing P100 minimum wage hike na isinusulong sa Senado | BT

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