THE Employers' Confederation of the Philippines (ECOP) on Friday appealed to the House of Representatives to be prudent when deliberating on its own version of the legislated wage hike bill.

In an interview, ECOP President Sergio Ortiz-Luis Jr. urged lawmakers to heed economic managers' warnings on how arbitrary and uncalled-for wage increases can trigger another round of spikes in inflation.

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