(MALAYA) A wage increase is a sure threat against efforts to invite more investors, according to business groups. In a May 17, 2023 letter to Sen. Jinggoy Estrada, heads of the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Federation of Filipino- Chinese Chambers of Commerce and Industry, Employers Confederation of the Philippines, IT & Business Process Associationof the Philippines,…
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Bill on legislated wage hike, approved in principle: Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada, Chairperson of the Senate Committee on Labor, Employment and Human Resources, carries the motion of Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri to conduct a technical working group (TWG) meeting and come up with a committee report on the bills proposing a legislated wage increase.…
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MEETING THE BASIC NEEDS OF FILIPINO FAMILIES Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada begins panel deliberations on the proposed legislated across-the-board wage hike and other measures regarding the implementation of wage increases in the private sector. Estrada, Chairperson of the Committee on Labor, Employment and Human Resources, cites the need to come up with pieces of legislation…
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(MANILA BULLETIN) The Senate Committee on Labor, Employment and Human Resources has “approved in principle” the bill seeking for a P150 across-the-board wage increase for all private sector workers in the country. The panel, which is headed by Sen. Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada, will now discuss the proposed graduated increase scheme for micro, small and medium enterprises…
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The country was not spared of the ravages of the COVID-19 pandemic and we all witnessed how our economy suffered and severely affected both the employers and workers. Sa mga panahong ito, walang naipatupad na taas-sweldo, ngunit ang patuloy na panawagan para sa sahod na tunay na makatutugon sa pangunahing pangangangailangan ng pamilyang Pilipino ay…
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PRESS RELEASE (MAR 22): Bill protecting rights, promoting welfare of caregivers in PH reaches Senate plenary
(INQUIRER) MANILA, Philippines — At least two former cashiers at a department store and supermarket chain have complained that money earned in a day from their checkout counters was not counted in front of them, with shortages being reported just days after, making them vulnerable to abuse when they are forced to pay for the…
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JINGGOY RESUMES HEARING ON SCHEME AGAINST LANDMARK STORE CASHIERS Sen. Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada presides over the continuation of the public hearing of the Committee on Labor, Employment and Human Resources Development Monday, January 30, 2023, on the supposed scheme against cashiers of Landbank store which Sen. Raffy Tulfo exposed in a privilege speech on November 22, 2022.…
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TESDA back to DOLE, a logical and sensible decision: Reverting back the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) as an attached agency of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) is a logical and sensible decision, Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada says Tuesday, September 20, 2022. Estrada, Chairperson of the Senate Committee on Labor, Employment and Human…
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Jinggoy convenes Committee on Labor, Employment and Human Resources Development: Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada formally organizes Monday, September 12, 2022, the 15-man Senate Committee on Labor, Employment and Human Resources Development, the panel he headed in his 12-year stint in the upper chamber – during the 13th to 16th Congress. Slated to be taken up…
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