{"id":240183,"date":"2019-12-16T19:23:50","date_gmt":"2019-12-17T00:23:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=240183"},"modified":"2019-12-16T19:23:50","modified_gmt":"2019-12-17T00:23:50","slug":"govt-workers-should-be-happy-with-proposed-salary-hike-palace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/12\/16\/govt-workers-should-be-happy-with-proposed-salary-hike-palace\/","title":{"rendered":"Gov’t workers should be happy with proposed salary hike: Palace"},"content":{"rendered":"
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House Bill 5712 is expected to raise the salaries of government workers by 15 percent over a three-year span. (File photo<\/a> by Carlo Villarica\/Flickr<\/a>, CC BY 2.0<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0— Malaca\u00f1ang welcomed the decision of the House appropriations committee to approve the consolidated bill increasing the salary of government employees by 2020.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf the Congress has passed that then the [government] workers should be happy,\u201d Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said in a Palace briefing on Monday.<\/p>\n

Davao 3rd District Rep. Isidro Ungab, committee chair, said his panel will ask President Rodrigo Duterte to certify House Bill 5712 as urgent.<\/p>\n

Asked if it would encourage Senate to do the same, Panelo noted that the President does not interfere with any work by any co-equal branch of government.<\/p>\n

Both chambers of Congress are expected to tackle their respective versions of the Salary Standardization Law 5 (SSL 5) during their respective sessions on Monday.<\/p>\n

House Bill 5712 is expected to raise the salaries of government workers by 15 percent over a three-year span.<\/p>\n

Ungab said around PHP34 billion was allocated for SSL 5\u2019s implementation under the proposed 2020 national budget.<\/p>\n

Last week, two Senate committees recommended the approval of their version of the SSL, Senate Bill 1219.<\/p>\n

Around 1.4 million government employees, including public teachers and nurses, are expected to benefit from the proposed SSL 5.<\/p>\n

The current SSL was implemented through Executive Order 201 signed by former President Benigno Aquino III in 2016 giving salary increases of civil servants in four tranches until 2019.<\/p>\n

In his fourth state of the nation address (SONA) in July 22, President Rodrigo Duterte gave the green light for the next round of salary increases for government employees.<\/p>\n

“I, therefore, believe that it is now time for Congress to approve a new version of the Salary Standardization Law,\u00a0ngayon na<\/em>\u00a0(right now),” Duterte said in his SONA.<\/p>\n

“To the teachers who toil and work tirelessly to educate our young,\u00a0kasali na po dito ‘yung hinihingi ninyo<\/em>\u00a0(what you\u2019re asking will be included here),” he added.<\/p>\n

Public school teachers have sought for an increase after the salary of military, police, and other uniformed personnel were increased last year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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