Abolishing this agency will benefits for the government to save more.How many employees of this agency which they only functional every May or called the labor day which even their purpose is to protect the interest of the workers but instead the interest of those companies who are just temporary investing to the country. Just using the resources of the country and afterward if they decided to retruct their investment to the country even a centavos on the lower rank they wont have anything even they serve the company for many years. So, at least considered these not for the benefits of the companies but for the benefits of the worker in the long run. All what their doing is just patches patches and not thinking of the future of the workers. I guess its about time to abolish this non functional agency but only a burden to the workers and to the government so they will experience to work on the wage they implement. They dont experience the way the worker suffering for the amount they dictates. Maybe its about time for them to experience it the amount they want to have by the workers.

 

on the other hand, if there were no state law on minimum wages, nothing stops employers from dictating labor prices at their behest. in which case, laborers will always be on the short end. while labor's only recourse in these cases is a strike (as provided by law), it will always be business on the winning side if no such government commission or wage control board exists.

what we need to do to rise above this dilemma is a tripartite board that cannot be swayed by grease money or death threats from businessmen in their decisions. 

It was announced that companies need to give 20 Pesos increase to their worker no matter how big is the business. Upto now other companies are not following this declaration which this agency should monitor who is not following this rules. Another thing how could they know that this declaration will be implemented by all the companies?One solution for this is that this agency need to required mandatorily to submit the salary of  each company for their workers and serve as their oath for the new rules in salary.At least they can assure that these companies are following the rules announced and workers can then tell to this agency anonymously if they did not have the increase.So, agency should visit this companies who are reportedly not following the rules and make an action to file a case for not following the law.Whats happening is that they are just seating inside the 4 corners and waiting for their big salary which basically government will implement the increase which lead for not thinking for the others who are not receiving the increase.

unfortunately, the republic did not bestow police powers on the wage board. if it did, can you imagine how much more corrupt the board can be if they had the power to extort money from companies just to keep quiet?