WAGE increases in the country should continue to be determined at the regional level instead of legislated by Congress, the Employers Confederation of the Philippines (ECOP) said.

The region-specific approach set under 1989's Republic Act 6727 is more suited to address varying economic conditions across the country, ECOP Chairman Sergio Ortiz-Luis Jr. told reporters on Tuesday.

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