{"id":20754,"date":"2014-08-05T11:11:30","date_gmt":"2014-08-05T03:11:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=20754"},"modified":"2014-08-05T11:11:30","modified_gmt":"2014-08-05T03:11:30","slug":"bir-mulls-exclusion-from-salary-standardization-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2014\/08\/05\/bir-mulls-exclusion-from-salary-standardization-law\/","title":{"rendered":"BIR mulls exclusion from Salary Standardization Law"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Kim Henares official photo (www.bir.gov)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA – – More efficient workers, better salary.<\/p>\n

This is what the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) is aiming for as it bids to get out under the coverage of the Salary Standardization Law.<\/p>\n

\u201dThis has been on top of mind but we have been concentrating on collecting taxes first,\u201d Internal Revenue Commissioner Kim Jacinto-Henares said.<\/p>\n

The agency is instrumental in the government\u2019s bid to implement programs for the poor by providing the necessary funds through increased revenues.<\/p>\n

Henares said they \u201ccan start thinking about it\u201d but cited because \u201cwe want to give better salaries to our people.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201d(We want to have better salaries) so we get better people and we can demand more from them,\u201d she stressed.<\/p>\n

Henares explained that aiming to give BIR personnel higher salaries is not an idea they want on impulse.<\/p>\n

\u201d It includes some obligation on our part,\u201d she stressed noting that among the moves they have to do is to make sure that the employees will have stricter contracts and stricter performance indicators.<\/p>\n

\u201d I always believe (that) if your salary is better, you have to be more accountable,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

The BIR chief also pointed out that seniority on a certain position or tenure in terms of stay in BIR \u201cshould be the last\u201d priority in choosing people once the BIR is out of the SSL.<\/p>\n

\u201d(It should be based on) performance and meritocracy. If you\u2019re performing well at the same level, then seniority comes in but seniority should not be the gauge,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n

The SSL provides for the salary of government employees based on their corresponding positions.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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