CLAIM: Several TikTok videos claimed that the government has approved the P820 daily minimum wage starting July 1.
The videos are packaged or edited as a supposed achievement for Filipino workers.
The common message in them reads: “Good news! Minimum wage P820 na starting July 1, 2022.”
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Some videos, meanwhile, have a screenshot of a social media card that reads: “P820 na minimum wage, tinulak ng TUCP sa Central Luzon.”
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RATING: These claims are as false.
The National Wages and Productivity Commission, the commission tasked to determine the minimum wages of Filipino workers, debunked these claims as fake.
The NWPC issued its notice on Facebook on June 1.
“A circulating video on Facebook and TikTok claims that the government has approved legislation to hike the national minimum wage. We would like to advice the public that this news is 𝗙𝗔𝗞𝗘,” it said.
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