Statutory minimum wage s
Territory
National
Regional
Industrial
For shop assistants
Malaysia
Nil
Nil
The
Philippines
10 pesos a day for non agricultural workers
in Metropolitan Manila area.
9 pesos a day for non agricultural workes
outside Metropoli-
tan Manila area.
7 pesos a day for
agricultural workers
in plantations or
organised agricult-
ure.
6 pesos a day in all
other types of agriculture.
60 pesos a month for
house helpers in big cities.
45 pesos a month for
house helpers in small cities. 30 pesos a month for
house helpers in municipalities.
Nil
Table 15
Legislative provisions
M$48.75 to M$100 per month for full 1947 time workers
M34.15 to M$75 per month for apprentices
For catering and hotel personnel
M$75 per month for 14 and 15 years of age
M95 per month for 16 and 17 years of age
M125 per month for 18 yours or above
For cinema workers
M350 to M125 per month
M$0.50 per hour for part-time workers
For Penang stevedores
M8 to M11.25 a shift
For Penang cargo handlers
MS 6.20 to M$8.50 a shift
Wage Orders in respect of some
industries have been issued for guidance.
Wages Regulation (Shop Assistants) Order 1970
Minimum wage fixing machinery
actually established
Wages Council Ordinancs A Wages Council is set up for
each trade for which minimum wage s are to be fixed. Each Wages Council is made up of 3 inde pe nd- ent persons (including the Chairman) and 5 each from workers
and employers. The Ministry of Labour's Industrial Relations Department provides the necessary secretarial service.
Wages Regulation (Cinema Workers) Order 1975
Wages Regulation (Catering and Hotel) Order 1976
Wages Regulation (Penang Stevedores.
and Cargo Handling) Order 1977
Articles 99, 120-123, 143 of the Labour Code of the Philippines, 1974.
Presidential Decree No. 928 of 1st May 1976.
A Wage Commission comprising 5 members (3 representing the public sector, 1 representing trade unions and 1 representing employers) is appointed to establish a minimum wage which is economically feasible to maintain the minimum standard of living necessary for the health, efficiency and general well-being of the employees within the national capacity for economic and social development.
Remarks
The minimum rates for the four trades are generally considered too low to be of any real meaning. The government's intention is to disband the se Wages Councils as soon as workers are sufficiently organised and can enter into effective bargaining with their employers.
Minimum wages are usually revisedj every two years. They were last revised on 1st May 1976. With the mandatory payment of an Emergency Cost-of-living Allowance to counteract inflation, it is likely that the prevailing rates will remain unchanged for some years. The Wage Commission also recommends the issue of Wage Orders for industries where wages are found clearly inadequate.