00:00The new agreement on the 200 pesos across-the-board wage increase is now being passed on to the lawmakers.
00:08This is what the Labor Secretary, Benvenido Laguesma, said this morning.
00:13According to him, the Department of Labor and Employment will only provide technical input on this,
00:19like its effect on the employment status in the country,
00:22along with the effect on the businessmen and many others.
00:27Recently, the House Committee on Labor and Employment passed the substitute bill
00:32that requires a 200 pesos wage hike in the country.
00:37The duty of the Department of Labor and Employment, on the premise that I said,
00:42they are the ones who have the mandate and responsibility to pass or pass the law.
00:48If there is a law, we will implement it.
00:51Our duty is to provide technical inputs.
00:55That means, what will be the effect?
00:58This is the priority of our economic team.
01:01MEDA, DTI, DBM, EOF.
01:05DOLE is always supportive.
