{"id":508243,"date":"2013-10-16T13:50:24","date_gmt":"2013-10-16T05:50:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/?p=508243"},"modified":"2013-10-16T15:09:04","modified_gmt":"2013-10-16T07:09:04","slug":"dole-14th-month-pay-to-worsen-unemployment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/508243\/dole-14th-month-pay-to-worsen-unemployment","title":{"rendered":"DOLE: 14th-month pay to worsen unemployment"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Sen. Vicente Sotto III. INQUIRER FILE PHOTO<\/p><\/div>\n

MANILA,\u00a0 Philippines\u00a0\u00a0\u2014 Some 4.5 million\u00a0 workers\u00a0 might\u00a0lose\u00a0their\u00a0 jobs\u00a0 if\u00a0 Congress\u00a0would\u00a0pass\u00a0a bill mandating\u00a0a 14th<\/sup>-month pay for\u00a0all\u00a0 government and non-government rank and file employees, the\u00a0 Department of\u00a0 Labor and Employment (DOLE) told a Senate\u00a0 hearing\u00a0 on Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n

Citing\u00a0an initial study conducted by the National\u00a0Wages and\u00a0 Productivity\u00a0Commission, its\u00a0 executive director, Maria Criselda Sy told the Senate committee on civil service \u00a0and\u00a0government\u00a0 reorganization that the\u00a0passage of\u00a0the bill might\u00a0result in total labor cost of\u00a0up to P1 billion\u00a0 per day and\u00a0 \u00a0the retrenchment of 4.5\u00a0 persons\u00a0 particularly\u00a0 the \u201cunskilled workers.\u201d<\/p>\n\n

If the\u00a0proposed 14th<\/sup> month\u00a0pay\u00a0would\u00a0be given to the estimated 755,000 minimum wage\u00a0 earners in the National Capital Region alone this year,\u00a0\u00a0Sy said it\u00a0 would cost\u00a0the employers\u00a0P457 million a day or\u00a0 P459 million in 2014\u00a0 when\u00a0 the additional cost of living allowance (COLA) is integrated\u00a0in\u00a0\u00a0January next year.<\/p>\n\n

But since 99 percent or 800,000 establishments in the country are in micro, small, and\u00a0medium\u00a0enterprises (MSMEs) and 211, 646 of them are in the\u00a0NCR,\u00a0 she said, the proposed\u00a014th<\/sup> month pay\u00a0 if implemented this year would result in total labor cost of P1 billion a day for 1.6 million workers in this sector.<\/p>\n\n

If the additional\u00a0pay would\u00a0be implemented in 2014, Sy said, this would cost the\u00a0establishments P1.009 billion a day including the COLA.<\/p>\n\n

\u201cAng impact po natin ay nandun sa ating mga unskilled workers because the moment we increase\u00a0the labor cost\u00a0of the employers , yun hong mga hindi skilled workers ang tataaman kasi sila po ang unang unang mare-retrench,\u201d\u00a0 Sy said.<\/p>\n\n

\u201cInitially, it will\u00a0really improve the purchasing powers of our workers but the more relevant question is that\u00a0 where do we get the money that we will give to them..?\u201d\u00a0 she asked.<\/p>\n\n

But Senator\u00a0Vicente \u201cTito\u201d Sotto III, who filed the \u00a0bill,\u00a0 questioned\u00a0 the\u00a0 study, saying\u00a0 it looked like it was\u00a0prepared by the\u00a0economists\u00a0 rather\u00a0than the DOLE.<\/p>\n\n

\u201cThe figures that you\u2019re mentioning were so mindboggling. Pero pag titingnang mo yung proposal\u00a0noong bill, simpleng simple lang e. Isang buwan lang ang idadagdag mo. Sa June, pang tuition…\u201d Sotto said.<\/p>\n\n

\u201cParang ang nag-prepare nitong study mo parang hindi Department of Labor e, \u00a0\u00a0parang mga ekonomista. Dapat yan ang stand ng ECOP (Employers\u2019\u00a0 Confederation of the Philippines)… Otherwise palitan na lang natin ang pangalan nyo, gawin nating Department of Management. Dapat ho labor kayo,\u201d Sotto added.<\/p>\n\n

\u201cYou\u2019re Department of Labor, you\u2019re not the Department \u00a0of Management so dapat mas kampi\u00a0 kayo sa labor,\u201d\u00a0\u00a0 he stressed.<\/p>\n\n

Sotto\u00a0said his bill if passed into law\u00a0would be the \u201creal\u201d bonus that the workers\u00a0would get saying\u00a0that\u00a0the\u00a0existing 13-month\u00a0pay should not be considered as one.<\/p>\n\n

\u201cMr. chairman, there\u2019s no such thing as 13th<\/sup>– month pay na bonus kung tutuusin. Bakit? There are 52 weeks in a year divide it by four weeks in a month. Thirteen months. wala namang bonus na ibinigay e. Ito pa lang ang tunay na bonus, itong 14-month pay,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n

Besides, Sotto said his proposed measure provides a provision for distressed employers\u00a0who could not afford to give\u00a0an additional bonus and therefore\u00a0apply for an exemption.<\/p>\n\n

DOLE\u00a0 Undersecretary\u00a0Rebecca Chato\u00a0requested\u00a0the committee to\u00a0 allow them \u00a0further discussions and consultations on the issue with the affected sectors.<\/p>\n\n

\u201cAs always sir, it has been\u00a0a practice that\u00a0we need\u00a0to balance; we need to maintain a very critical balance as this has\u00a0 implication also in generating employment as most of our establishments, 98 percent of our establishments are micro, small and medium enterprises,\u201d Chato said.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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