ADVISORY FOR ECOP MEMBERS

by | Oct 19, 2018 | Announcements

The Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board – National Capital Region (RTWPB – NCR) will be holding two (2) consultative meetings next week to determine whether a new wage order that increases the current minimum wage should be issued. Please see meeting details below:

  • All-Employers Consultation
    24 October 2018 (Wednesday)
    9:00 AM – 11:00 AM
    D Circle Hotel, 2063 M.H. Del Pilar Malate, Manila
  • Public Hearing
    26 October 2018 (Friday)
    9:00 AM – 11:00 AM
    Room A & B, 2nd floor, Philippine Trade Training Center, PTTC Building, Senator Gil J. Puyat Ave cnr. Roxas Blvd, Pasay City

We highly encourage you to attend both meetings and share your opinions, suggestions, and/or position. These would serve as valuable inputs to the NCR Wage Board in its discussions regarding the wage issue.

For inquiries and confirmation of attendance, please send an email to [email protected] .

Edgardo Lacson

Chairman of the Board

Edgardo G. Lacson is currently the Chairman of the Board of the Employers Confederation of the Philippines (ECOP), and Director of the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE). He was formerly President and Honorary Chairman of the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI).  He was the President of ECOP from 2010 to 2016. Ed Lacson also serves as the President of various business firms, including MIS Maritime Corporation, Safe Seas Shipping Agency, Marine Industrial Supply Corporation, and EML Realty. He serves as Chairman of Metrostore Corporation, MIL Export Philippines, Beacon Environmental Management Services and Primelode, among others.

He is likewise Trustee of both the De La Salle Canlubang, Inc. and Philippine Petroleum Sea Transport Association (PHILPESTA), Managing Director of Link Edge, and a member of the Management Association of the Philippines (MAP), Philippine Interisland Shipping Association (PISA), and Makati Business Development Council (MBDC).

An alumnus of then De La Salle College and now De La Salle University where he earned his degree in Bachelor of Science in Commerce (BSC) Major in Accounting, Ed Lacson indeed through the years has expanded his horizons.

Edgardo Lacson serves as Honorary Chairman at PCCI. His previous business affiliations include the Philippine National Oil Company (PNOC), Marine Chemical Corporation, VLK Traders Philippines, Inc., and Esso Standard Eastern.