Central Visayas SMES top violators of labor standard laws

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Over 100,000 workers deprived of rightful wages

http://www.philstar.com/index.php?He...id=20071115152

Friday, November 16, 2007

Over 100,000 workers nationwide are not being paid the proper wages and other mandated benefits, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) reported yesterday.

Data from the DOLE-Bureau of Working Conditions (BWC) showed that 119,967 workers were affected by the non-compliance of some employers to the minimum wage rates and other labor standards.

Brenda Villafuerte, BWC director, said of the 10,666 commercial establishments inspected from July to October, nearly half or 5,109 were found with violations.

Of the 5,109 commercial firms, 2,448 violated core labor standards, including the mandated minimum wage rates. More than 2,000 establishments are not providing workers with benefits such as Social Security Service (SSS), Pag-Ibig and PhilHealth.

Villafuerte said most of the employers that violate labor standards are based in Metro Manila and Central Visayas and most of the firms are engaged in services.

He said a majority of the violators were small and medium enterprises or those employing not more than 200 workers.

She also stressed that corrections were implemented immediately after the inspection by labor officials, resulting in the payment of back wages worth over P13 million to 4,887 workers.

Villafuerte said that more companies are now complying with the labor standards since the government intensified its inspection.

In the first half of the year, Villafuerte said the general labor standards compliance rate is already 57.7 percent and 86.8 percent on technical safety regulations. – Mayen Jaymalin

[edgeknife]

ako motuo ko ani nga daghan kaayung mga cebuano businessmen ning violate sa labor standards. tsk tsk...

i can say this because here in cebu, daghan kaayu mga business establishments, then ang mga investors are safer to do the business here in cebu... take a look of other businessmen outside cebu, di ba dili kaayu sila mo violate its because ang mga businessmen mahadlok...

[WinFlo]

i heard sa una nga kanang motrabaho sa gaisano kay 2 daw ka contract pirmahan. ang usa kay kanang ilang i-submit sa gov't showing either nagdawat ug minimum wage or daku2x ang sueldo. nya ang usa kay ubos ang sueldo sa minimum wage.

tinuod pa ba ni hangtod karon?

[cebu-future]

i heard sa una nga kanang motrabaho sa gaisano kay 2 daw ka contract pirmahan. ang usa kay kanang ilang i-submit sa gov't showing either nagdawat ug minimum wage or daku2x ang sueldo. nya ang usa kay ubos ang sueldo sa minimum wage.

tinuod pa ba ni hangtod karon?

Dugay na ni nga problem ambot lang.

[skylee_swoop]

mao sad ni akong concern.
ako amigo has been working in a courier company for more than 5 years pero dili monthly ang sweldo niya... weekly.

does this justify or can a company make an excuse nga above minimum ila salary per weekly based?

i don't know any of the labor laws but i think this is unjust. sa uban nilang branch, naay pila lang ka years nag work pero monthly na ang madawat... TUNGOD kay pag-umangkon sa dako-dako sa kining company. i doubt na gi-recommend sa ilang main branch didto sa manila... nya kay wala may relationship akong barkada sa dako-dako, wala lang pud siya giapil sa recommendation nga mag monthly. this also goes pud sa mga kauban nya.
now... ang population sa ilang branch alone mokabat roughly about 50 personnels. almost all of them worked for more than 5 years pero naa gihapon weekly based ang salary.

one time, naay nireklamo sa labor through letter. it took quite a while for tha labor/insperctor to investigate. igo ra niadto pero... wala lang.... walay resulta.

ako pa sa labor... kanang ilang website dugangan sad na og forum or link para sa mga reklamo... dili lang e-mail ra.

[skylee_swoop]

posible ba nga kining labot masulsulan? mao sad ni ako concern... wala nakoy salig sa tanan... as in tanan... grabe naman gud corruption. hehehehhee pero mayta dili ni sila masulsulan para masolbad ang problema dili lang kay sa barkada nako kundi pati na sa tanan katawhan nga makadawat og unjust compensation... or unsa ba uy...

[lestat1116]

wats wrong man di kung weekly or monthly ang salary?

[darkdevil]

sa ako lang pagsabot ha..

monthly kay 15 days jud bayad..apil na ang holiday og uban pa...
weekly kay no work no pay....

[clarkhkent]

naa toy survey sa una pa nga kini jud kunong sme maoy pinaka violators with regards to labor law....pero mahibong lang sad ko aning taga DOLE nga kini jud ilang gukoron ug maau nganong kanang mga dagko dha dili man sila ka gukod....kalooy sad tawn sa mga tag iya aning SME....dapat fair lang unta to ba...

[uzumaki]

mo top jed ang central visayas kay naa man daghan company ngare sa cebu compared sa lain region dba?