Almost 30% or 14.7 out of the 49 million employed Filipinos earn low wages because they lack the skills required by certain employment, the PSA said.
According to Sandra Aguinaldo's report on "24 Oras," this includes those who do simple and routine jobs such as cleaning, maintenance, helping in the kitchen, planting, fishing, and many others.
"You have a large number of people. It's 29.9, let's say it's 30 percent of workers who are in the low-skill, low-productivity, low-wage occupations. Some of them are not technically poor, but they are vulnerable to shocks. They can fall into poverty anytime. When there is high increase in the prices of food, they can fall into poverty," WB country director Ndiame Diop.
“Ang challenge pa rin sa atin ay quality of jobs. It means we have to be able to really provide more secure and more quality and decent jobs to our workers," he said. “Sa uri ng trabaho ko, mahirap na i-organize ang time. 12 hours du-duty ka, uuwi ka pa tapos, minsan wala na akong oras sa mga anak ko,” Jhing Labaday, a security guard, said.
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