Gov’t orders fix salaries for bus drivers
By Reinir Padua Home, PhilStar.com
January 06, 2012

 MANILA, Philippines – Bus drivers will soon receive fixed salaries as the government mandated operators to provide them with salaries above the minimum wage.

The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board issued a memorandum circular on January 2 mandating the fixed salaries as a way to provide better working conditions for bus drivers and minimize, if not eliminate, the prevalence of accidents involving buses.

With 15 days before the circular to be effective, bus drivers all over the country will receive starting January 15 their fixed wages, said lawyer Manuel Iway, LTFRB board member.

Iway said the fixed salary should be above the minimum wage, meaning the rate would depend on how much the bus firm or operator could provide.

“Apart from the fixed salaries, the drivers will also be provided 13th month pays, service-incentive bonuses and (membership to) PhilHealth,” Iway said in an interview.

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