Isinusulong na dagdag-sahod sa minimum wage earners sa pribadong sektor, pinaburan ng ilang kongresista ;
Ilang business groups, pumalag naman
Ilang business groups, pumalag naman
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00:00 The camera favors the Senate's push to increase the minimum wage of employees in the private sector by P100.
00:10 If House Deputy Majority Leader Jeanette Garin is the one to ask, the annual increase in salary should be higher.
00:18 She's high in the price of buying now, so the salary of our countrymen should be equal.
00:24 But at the same time, Garin reminds us that the balance should be made between the capacity of businesses and companies in the country,
00:32 especially when more than 90% of businesses are micro, small and medium enterprises.
00:40 The directive of the Speaker when he talked about this, if possible, to implement it.
00:45 And P100 is really small, it's not enough.
00:49 So it should be big.
00:50 That's what we're balancing because the intention of the directive is good, the burden is being passed on to our MSMEs.
01:00 So our question is, how many small businesses will be closed?
01:05 But if the Congress supports the wage hike bill, the business groups will be affected.
01:11 According to the Employers Confederation of the Philippines, it could lead to catastrophe in business.
01:17 In the end, the workers will be affected.
01:21 First of all, our issue is, the number of people who will benefit from the coronavirus is 20 million.
01:31 That's around five billion.
01:35 Out of 52 billion in the labor market, only five billion will benefit.
01:46 Mela Las Moras for Pambansang TV in Bagong, Philippines.
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