Malacañang clarified that the P200 monthly subsidy the government was releasing to poor households would primarily benefit those already receiving conditional cash grants under the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program. | JeromeAningINQ NCorralesINQ /PDI
“The earnings [from the taxes] will be added to the funds that the government will give to our fellow countrymen who are poor,” he explained.On the complaint that middle-class families would not be receiving any subsidy, Andanar said the government did not have enough funds at the moment but added that the proposed four-day workweek and extended work-from-home arrangements were intended for them as these would help lessen their expenses.
She instead proposed a P500 wage subsidy in May, June, and July to all private sector workers, including informal sector workers nationwide.Co said government workers already have the salary standardization pay hike in their agency budgets for 2022. “Instead of suspending the excise tax on oil for six months, they preferred a token or a meager P200 aid per family per month or four-day workweek,” Zarate said.
Labor groups, dissatisfied with the government response to workers’ woes due to runaway fuel prices, also pressed their demand for a wage hike.
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