Ontario and Manitoba, four additional provinces, set to increase minimum wage rates in October 2023

Credit to Author: Vimal Sivakumar| Date: Sun, 30 Apr 2023 13:00:36 +0000

On October 1 this year, six of ten provinces across Canada will raise regional minimum wage rates. At the beginning of this month, Canada’s federal minimum wage rose from $15.55 to $16.65. This move was impactful, as Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC) noted at the time, because “around 26,000 working Canadians earn less than […]

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Canada increasing the federal minimum wage by 7 percent on April 1

Credit to Author: Vimal Sivakumar| Date: Sat, 01 Apr 2023 12:00:08 +0000

In a move designed to “keep pace with inflation”, Canada’s federal minimum wage will be increasing by $1.10 as of today. In the words of Canada’s Minister of Labour, Seamus O’Regan Jr., “the cost of living is rising, so we’re making sure that wages keep going up too. We’re looking after workers, because that’s how […]

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Canada increasing the federal minimum wage by 7 percent today

Credit to Author: Vimal Sivakumar| Date: Sat, 01 Apr 2023 12:00:08 +0000

In a move designed to “keep pace with inflation”, Canada’s federal minimum wage will be increasing by $1.10 as of today. In the words of Canada’s Minister of Labour, Seamus O’Regan Jr., “the cost of living is rising, so we’re making sure that wages keep going up too. We’re looking after workers, because that’s how […]

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Community Solar: Ready for the New Decade

Credit to Author: POWER| Date: Mon, 03 Feb 2020 05:29:47 +0000

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Community solar refers to local solar facilities shared by multiple subscribers who receive credit on their electricity bills for their share of the power produced. Community solar allows homeowners, renters

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Solon refiles bill granting P2k/month conditional pay to poor housewives

Credit to Author: acerojano| Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2019 08:47:12 +0000

Solon refiles bill granting P2k/month conditional pay to poor housewives

MANILA, Philippines — Albay 2nd District Rep. Joey Salceda has refiled his bill providing compensation to poor, jobless and full-time housewives. House Bill No. 80, which was referred to the committee on women and gene equality Tuesday, seeks to provide a P2,000 monthly compensation to all full-time housewives below the poverty threshold, without part-time or […]

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Marcos victims get P77,500 each amid objection from gov’t

Credit to Author: dmorcoso| Date: Thu, 02 May 2019 23:05:43 +0000

BUTUAN CITY—At least 140 victims of torture, summary execution and enforced disappearance during the Marcos dictatorship or members of their families each received a check for P77,500 as part of the compensation awarded by a Hawaii district court, which ruled on a class action suit against the estate of Ferdinand Marcos. It was the third […]

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SC rulings proof of Marcoses’ ill-gotten wealth, says Binay

Credit to Author: clopez| Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2019 21:32:35 +0000

Sen. Nancy Binay told a Senate forum on Thursday that the courts’ decisions were the “best evidence” that the Marcoses’ ill-gotten wealth existed, contrary to President Duterte’s claim.

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Duterte extends compensation period for martial law victims

Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2019 12:57:20 +0000

MANILA, Philippines – President Rodrigo Duterte has approved until the end of 2019  the maintenance, availability and release of funds for victims of human rights abuses during the Marcos martial law.

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Bello calls out security agency for not paying workers’ proper wages

Credit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2018 07:34:43 +0000

MANILA, Philippines —Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III on Thursday called out a security agency in Quezon City for allegedly not paying its workers their proper wages and 13th month pay.

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