MANILA – The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) will visit various establishments in Metro Manila to check their compliance with the PHP50 wage increase for minimum wage earners, which takes effect on July 18.
“(Labor) Secretary Benne Laguesma has given instructions to regional and field offices in NCR (National Capital Region) to conduct labor inspections to ensure the compliance of establishments with the new minimum wage and other labor standards,” Maria Criselda Sy, executive director of the National Wages and Productivity Commission, said in an interview at the Bagong Pilipinas Ngayon briefing on Friday.
Sy noted that companies employing 10 workers or fewer and establishments severely affected by typhoons or man-made disasters are exempted from the wage increase.
“We have an existing mechanism to apply for exemption," she said.
Sy urged the public to visit their website for the process on how to apply for the exemption.
Early this week, the NCR wage board approved a PHP50 daily minimum wage increase in Metro Manila, which will benefit about 1.2 million workers.
The new minimum wage in Metro Manila now stands at PHP695, up from PHP645. (PNA)