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00:00Meanwhile, on the 35 pesos increase in salary of workers in Metro Manila, we will be joined this morning by the Department of Labor and Employment Secretary Bienvenido Laguesma.

00:11Sec, good morning.

00:13Good morning, Ivan. Good morning to all of your listeners and viewers.

00:19Secretary, what is the basis of the approval of the 35 pesos increase in salary?

00:25Okay. Before I answer that, Ivan, just a little background.

00:29Go ahead, sir.

00:30If you will allow me to continue.

00:31Do you remember that on Labor Day, there was a Directive on Corruption committed by R. Marcos, Jr.,

00:38which is a timely review of minimum wage levels in other regions,

00:4460 days prior to the latest anniversary date of the increase in salary of other regional tripartite regents in Tibidoro.

00:54On that basis, there was a public consultation, a public hearing, and wage deliberations by the members of the Tripartite Wages and Productivity Boards

01:07that are formed by the workers, the residents and the government through DOLE, DTI and MEDA.

01:14The increase is based on the process that was carried out.

01:19It is based on the various wage determination criteria under the law.

01:25It is part of the review of the needs of the workers.

01:31Also, it is based on the capacity or ability of existing enterprises to comply with the increase

01:41in salary of other regional tripartite regents in Tibidoro.

01:48It is also looking at the possible effect of this on our employment level, inflation rate,

01:55and the chance of expansion and growth of existing businesses in other regions outside of NCR,

02:04which is related to countryside development.

02:07It is also included in the review of the arguments and positions of the various groups that were involved in the public consultation and public hearing,

02:19including the three petitions that were submitted by the various groups.

02:24That is the review of the capacity of the increase in the minimum wage of P35.

02:34Of course, you anticipated that the reaction of some groups here is that they are short of P35.

02:41It's different. In the past years, we always hear that it's short, small and not enough.

02:50But I want to clarify that the increase is based on the minimum wage or floor level,

02:59entry level only.

03:01This should not be the expected outcome of all the needs of a worker and his family.

03:08That's why the current administration of our President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. will continue to strive to create more jobs,

03:18not just simple jobs, but quality jobs.

03:22For a family that may have five members, there may be two earners in the family who can help in the so-called family income.

03:35We have a direction that we would like to mention when the time comes.

03:45It's lacking in living wage.

03:47Living wage and minimum wage have different concepts.

03:51Minimum wage, I will repeat it, is different.

03:54It has to do with the entry level, especially to the unskilled workers.

04:00The workers who have sufficient capacity should be able to earn a salary over and above the minimum wage,

04:11depending on the region of our country.

04:13This is what they usually say.

04:15Is the price of electricity, gasoline and food high?

04:20Prices are very high.

04:22It's also related to what you're looking at.

04:25It's not a simple deliberation.

04:29It's being considered.

04:32It's being looked at the developments in our area, especially when it comes to the prices of basic commodities.

04:40It's also being looked at the effects of this on our employment level, on our inflation rate,

04:47because we don't want this to add to a bigger problem.

04:53That's why the work is not that simple.

04:56It's really a thankless job for the board to be determining what is appropriate.

05:01The balancing act, what is it Secretary?

05:03It's lacking. It's small. It's not appropriate.

05:06But I will repeat it.

05:08This is just a minimum wage.

05:10This is not the salary over and above.

05:14Even if this is just a minimum wage, there are those who are indirectly benefiting from this wage adjustment.

05:22The minimum wage, but not too far away,

05:28they should have an appropriate adjustment to avoid the so-called wage distortion.

05:34Secretary, do you think the workers will accept this?

05:37This was published yesterday.

05:41According to the regulation, 15 days after it was published, this will be effective,

05:47which means on July 17, this will be effective.

05:52This is the next question.

05:54The other regions, when will they have such a wage increase?

06:00The other regions will follow because there is a directive of 60 days prior to the anniversary date of your latest,

06:09the last one, 19-20-23.

06:12We know that the effectiveness of other wage orders in other regions is different.

06:20According to the scenario I saw, the region 4A will follow.

06:28The other regions will follow.

06:31They are already conducting the so-called public consultation.

06:35Their public hearing will follow prior to their deliberation,

06:42where the members of our regional tripartite wages and productivity boards,

06:47representatives of labor, employer, and the three departments I mentioned, DOLE, DTI and NEDA.

06:55Secretary Laguezma sir, thank you very much for your time.

06:59Thank you also Ivan for the opportunity. Good morning and long live your program.

07:04We have talked, Labor Secretary Bienvenido Laguezma.

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