Isinusulong na dagdag-sahod sa minimum wage earners sa pribadong sektor, pinaburan ng ilang kongresista ;

Isinusulong na dagdag-sahod sa minimum wage earners sa pribadong sektor, pinaburan ng ilang kongresista ;  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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