Bello: No postponement, exceptions in distribution of 13th month pay
“We will not postpone, we will not defer and we will not give an exemption with the payment of the 13th month pay,” Bello said in a Laging Handa briefing.
Gov’t tells businesses: Release of 13th month pay ‘mandatory’
Palace spokesman Harry Roque made the statement after Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III said micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) “in distress” could be exempted from releasing the 13th month pay to their employees.