{"id":271863,"date":"2020-10-15T01:02:47","date_gmt":"2020-10-15T05:02:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=271863"},"modified":"2020-10-15T01:02:47","modified_gmt":"2020-10-15T05:02:47","slug":"dti-chief-sees-no-need-to-defer-13th-month-pay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/10\/15\/dti-chief-sees-no-need-to-defer-13th-month-pay\/","title":{"rendered":"DTI chief sees no need to defer 13th-month pay"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_207381\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-207381\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/55439683_443852823023808_5061406619447853056_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-207381\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/55439683_443852823023808_5061406619447853056_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"639\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/55439683_443852823023808_5061406619447853056_n.jpg 960w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/55439683_443852823023808_5061406619447853056_n-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/55439683_443852823023808_5061406619447853056_n-768x511.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-207381\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u201cNo official discussion on deferment because companies needing funds can possibly source from loans,\u201d Lopez told reporters in a text message Wednesday. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SecretaryRamonLopez\/photos\/a.377602936315464\/443852816357142\/?type=3&amp;theater\">File Photo<\/a>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SecretaryRamonLopez\/\">DTI Secretary Ramon M. Lopez\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><strong>MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Secretary Ramon Lopez sees no need to defer the 13th month pay for this year as the government stands ready to support distressed micro and small enterprises amid the pandemic.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cNo official discussion on deferment because companies needing funds can possibly source from loans,\u201d Lopez told reporters in a text message Wednesday.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Lopez said the government will provide support, whether through loan or subsidy, to micro and small enterprises and their workers.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cThe matter is being reviewed by DOLE (Department of Labor and Employment),\u201d he added.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">In a virtual edition of Wednesday Roundtable @ Lido, both the business and labor groups are \u201cin the same boat\u201d on the matter of the 13th-month pay.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Sonny Matula, chairman of Nagkaisa labor coalition and president of Federation of Free Workers, said trade unions support the proposal of the Employers Confederation of the Philippines (ECOP) for the government to subsidize the 13th-month pay of workers to be given by distressed micro and small enterprises.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cSa kasalukuyan, mas lalo ngayong kinakailangan ng mga manggagawa ang proteksyon. Kung di talaga kaya magawa ng mga employers ay ang gobyerno ang gumawa ng paraan na matulungan sila (Nowadays, workers need protection even more. If the employers can&#8217;t really do it, the government should come up with a way to help them),\u201d Matula said.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI) chairman emeritus George Barcelon said ECOP\u2019s suggestion is \u201cvery appropriate\u201d, adding employers were asking for sources of funds for them to provide the 13th-month pay to their employees.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0\u2013 Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Secretary Ramon Lopez sees no need to defer the 13th month pay for &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":207381,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-271863","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","mauthors-kris-crismundo","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271863","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=271863"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271863\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":271864,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271863\/revisions\/271864"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/207381"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=271863"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=271863"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=271863"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}