Labor Market Governance in the Philippines: Wages, Unions, CBAs, Small Enterprises, and Employment

Abstract

The author compares command and collaborative governance of Philippine labor market outcomes. He suggests that while the government has been advocating the shift to a more collaborative and less competitive approach to collective bargaining and labor standards compliance, figures on the same are not encouraging. According to the author, part of the reason arises from the divergent legal origins of labor laws in the country.