DOLE could postpone this year’s 13th month pay
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The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) is looking into allowing ‘distressed‘ companies to remove this plague year’s 13th-month pay.
Though DOLE is unclear on the definition of ‘distressed‘, they will require companies with a PHP1 million capital and above to provide the mandatory bonus, while suggesting smaller companies to postpone it to a later date.
‘Pagka ‘yong business establishment is characterized as distressed, kaya we have to come up with an advisory to determine what is the meaning of a distressed company or distressed business establishment. Para ma-exempt sila from the payment,‘ said DOLE Secretary Silvestre Bello III.
‘Instead of not paying, why don’t we just consult labor and management so they could agree on deferment, let’s say give the benefit next year or next month,’
Labor groups and critics have since shunned the move, calling it an untimely move for small-scale workers as the pandemic surges on.
“Deferments and exemptions are not a good tune to sing amid this pandemic. Why make the workers suffer by letting them be submerged in debts here and there?” shared Kilusang Mayong Uno chairperson Elmer Labog.
Meanwhile, instead of letting employers bear the brunt of pay cuts, Defend Jobs PH proposed that the government themselves be responsible for providing the necessary bonus to affected workers.
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