VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Minimum wage NOT increased to P1K
A YouTube video is claiming that the daily minimum wage in the country will be increased to P1,000. This is misleading.
A YouTube video is claiming that the daily minimum wage in the country will be increased to P1,000. This is misleading.
An Instagram reel is claiming that the minimum wage in Metro Manila has been raised to P720, from P570. This needs context.
Podcast by RENS CRUZ II LAST year, the Department of Labor and Employment approved a P20 cost of living allowance (COLA) increase for minimum wage earners in Metro Manila. The increase, complained labor groups and unions, wasn’t what they had lobbied for. It isn’t enough, they said. What, indeed, can Juan de la Cruz buy with