‘Pay more than mandated hiked minimum wage’

BACOLOD CITY: A business leader here urged large scale and multi-national companies to pay more than just the mandated increase in minimum wage increase in Western Visayas, including Negros Occidental, which will take effect on March 15.

Frank Carbon, chief executive officer of Metro Bacolod Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MBCCI), said in a statement Tuesday big companies should be excluded from the classification of firms employing less or more than 10 employees’ classifications because they have the capacity to pay more.