Senate asks House to adopt P100 minimum wage hike bill, but House urges bicam

​House urged to adopt P100 wage hike bill

​SEN. Joel Villanueva on Wednesday appealed to the House of Representatives to adopt Senate Bill ​(SB) 2534, or the proposed P100 Daily Minimum Wage Increase Act of 2024. Villanueva on June 10 wrote to Rep. Juan Fidel Nograles to adopt SB 2534 as approved by the Senate on third reading as early as Feb. 19, 2024, in substitution of House Bill 11376, as approved by the House on third reading on June 4. "Both Houses of Congress share the same inten…

Senate asks House to adopt P100 minimum wage hike bill, but House urges bicam

With Congress nearing adjournment, Sen. Joel Villanueva appealed to the House to adopt the Senate’s version of the minimum wage hike bill, which pegs the increase at P100.

HOUSE TO SENATE: CONVENE BICAM ON WAGE HIKE BILL

With Congress set to adjourn sine die on June 11, the House of Representatives is calling on the Senate to immediately convene the bicameral conference committee to reconcile the differing versions of the proposed legislated daily wage increase bill. In a formal letter to Senate Committee on Labor Chair Sen. Joel Villanueva, House Committee on Labor and Employment Chairman Rep. Fidel Nograles cited the urgency of passing the measure, warning tha…