‘13th-month pay can’t be deferred’

BACOLOD CITY: Negros Occidental- based General Alliance of Workers Association (GAWA) has opposed Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE) Secretary Silvestre Bello 3rd’s proposal to defer the release of the 13th month pay of workers

Wennie Sancho, GAWA secretary-general, said they were “extremely disappointed” over the recent pronouncements of Bello that could affect around two million workers in the country.