Nearly P4 Billion in Wages Potentially Withheld Amid Minimum Wage Hike Halt
The NAGKAISA labor coalition estimates up to P4 billion (approximately $68 million) in wages may have been withheld due to a court injunction halting the first tranche of the Metro Manila minimum wage increase. The group urged the government to defend the wage order.
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