Thursday, November 18, 2010
DLI: The Philippine
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In the Philippine, the labour regulation stipulates that between men and women receive equal pay, but in practice there is little difference. 55% of respondents said men received slightly higher wages than female workers but not so clear why men received slightly higher wages. Between public and private sector workers do not have big differences, they could even be said to have same wage rate. It is perhaps in the Philippine labour laws apply uniformly to all sectors.
By contrast, the ratio of wages between the formal and informal workers. Formal sector workers receive the wages of two times higher compared to informal sector workers. So do not be surprised if many organisations in the Philippine in their campaign demanding a formal status of each of its members. There are also differences in wages between shift workers and non-shift. Shift workers receive higher wages than non-shift workers, it is likely that night workers get paid extra because they face a higher risk.
The level of education affects the wage level earned by a worker. The higher the education level, the higher the wages they could receive. 47% of respondents who answered our questions are workers who graduated from secondary school, and on average they receive a wage of USD 154.98 per month. While workers who finished primary school (22%) received a wage of USD 89.18 per month. Workers who graduate diploma (19%) received a wage of USD 195.37 per month, whereas those who had completed university (7%) received much higher wages is, USD 385.29 per month. Education seems very important in the Philippine, so that in many companies seems to have firm rules that give some prestige for the workers who have high educational background (university.
Marital status and number of family members is not an important consideration in determining wages in the Philippine. In fact, our research shows that single workers to receive slightly higher wages than those who are married or divorced. This is almost similar to other developing countries such as Indonesia and Thailand. At least, until now the family wage was initiated by rerum novarum is not addressed properly by the government in developing countries such as Philippine
Period length of a work also does not affect the amount of wages they receive. A worker who works 10 years receive a wage of USD 233.78 per month, while those who worked one year receive an average of USD 181.97 per month, only a little difference in their wages even though their working period far adrift. This fact shows us that the promotion system is not affected by length of employment, but more on the education level of a worker
Total hours worked in the comparable week straight with the amount of wages, workers who work less than 40 hours per week receive lower wages than those working 40 hours per week. But for the Philippine case, we find irregularities that those who work more than 40 hours a week receive lower wages than those working 40 hours a week or less. We suspect it was caused by the type of work and their educational background.
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