EO PARA SA SALARY INCREASE, MEDICAL ALLOWANCE AT IBA PANG BENEFITS, INILABAS NA!

UPDATING THE SALARY SCHEDULE FOR CIVILIAN GOVERNMENT PERSONNEL AND AUTHORIZING THE GRANT OF AN ADDITIONAL ALLOWANCE, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

WHEREAS, Item 1 of Congress Joint Resolution (JR) No. 4 (s. 2009) and Section 2 of Republic Act (RA) No. 11466 or the "Salary Standardization Law of 2019," affirm the policy of the State to provide government personnel with just and equitable compensation in accordance with the principle of equal pay for work of equal value under the Compensation and Position Classification System (CPCS); 

WHEREAS, JR No. 4 and RA No. 11466 recognize the need to ensure that the compensation of all civilian personnel shall generally be competitive with those in the private sector doing comparable work, in order to attract, retain and motivate a corps of competent and dedicated civil servants; 

WHEREAS, Section 13 of Presidential Decree (PD) No. 985 or "The Budgetary Reform Decree on Compensation and Position Classification of 1976." as amended states that the Salary Schedule and the Wage Schedule shall be revised periodically subject to the approval of the President, in relation to: (a) the level of salaries and wages and employee benefits currently prevailing in private industry for comparable work; (b) changes in the basic work week; or (c) changes in the Minimum Wage Law;

WHEREAS, Item 17 (iv) of JR No. 4 provides that the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) shall recommend for the consideration and approval of the President, the updating of the CPCS for civilian personnel and Base Pay Schedule for military and uniformed personnel, as well as the policies on and levels of allowances, benefits and incentives applicable to all government personnel, including those for exempt entities; 

WHEREAS, Section 17 of RA No. 11466 states that all provisions of PD No. 985, as amended by PD No. 1597, RA No. 6758 or the "Compensation and Position Classification Act of 1989," as amended, JR No. 1 (s. 1994), JR No. 4, and Executive Order (EO) No. 201 (s. 2016), which are not inconsistent with, expressly modified, revoked or repealed in the said Act shall continue to be in full force and effect;