{"id":58903,"date":"2015-08-12T23:51:45","date_gmt":"2015-08-12T15:51:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=58903"},"modified":"2025-01-18T13:01:44","modified_gmt":"2025-01-18T18:01:44","slug":"recto-national-govt-allotting-p50-6-b-for-govt-pay-hike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/08\/12\/recto-national-govt-allotting-p50-6-b-for-govt-pay-hike\/","title":{"rendered":"Recto: National gov\u2019t allotting P50.6-B for gov\u2019t pay hike"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Sen. Ralph Recto at the Senate hearing on the Mamasapano clash (Photo courtesy of Sen. Grace Poe’s Facebook page)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA \u2013 Senate finance committee vice chairman Senator Ralph Recto on Wednesday said the national government is setting aside Php50.6 billion in the proposed 2016 national budget for the salary hike of its 1.<\/p>\n

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3 million workers.<\/p>\n

Although the Palace is still mum on the bill\u2019s particulars, the Senate President Pro-Tempore said the money being sought for the pay hike \u201ctranslates into an average Php3,000 monthly increase per employee.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201dDetails of which will be fleshed out in a bill the Palace will later send to Congress,\u201d Recto said.<\/p>\n

Recto arrived at the figure by dividing the proposed Php50.6 billion by 1,295,056 employees in the government payroll and using 13 compensable months in a year.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think a Php 3,000 average per month increase is the floor being sought. And I have to stress the fact that I am using an average here. It may not also be uniform because they have different salary rates,\u201d Recto said.<\/p>\n

\u201cSecondly, I am assuming a January starting date.<\/p>\n

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So if the increase would take effect July, then we\u2019re looking at an average Php6,000 monthly adjustment. There are a lot of variables,\u201d Recto said.<\/p>\n

Recto said it would also possible that the mulled pay hike in 2016 \u201cmay just be the first installment of a bigger pay adjustment that will be implemented in phases.\u201d<\/p>\n

He recalled that in the initial implementation of Salary Standardization Law (SSL) III, the public sector pay guide in current use was spread out over four years.<\/p>\n

Department of Budget and Management (DBM) Secretary Florencio Abad confirmed before senators on Wednesday that his agency is drafting an SSL IV based on a commissioned study on the state of public sector pay.<\/p>\n

Recto urged the DBM to submit the bill as soon as possible so it can be tackled \u201cin unison\u201d with the national budget.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou can\u2019t divorce the two. 27centavos for every budget peso in 2016 is for PS,\u201d Recto said, referring to Personal Services, the budgeting term for the \u201cpay, perks and premium contributions of government workers and the pension of retired uniformed personnel.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is also the need to subject the proposal to feedback and consultation from stakeholders, like government employees,\u201d Recto said.<\/p>\n

Recto admitted that one critical aspect in gov\u2019t pay increase is the source of funds.<\/p>\n

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Recto said PS expenses of the government would hit Php810 billion in 2016, from this year\u2019s adjusted figure of Phhp745 billion.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re going to spend Php2.2 billion a day for PS next year,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Recto reiterated his call that any pay hike should prioritize teachers, policemen, firemen and soldiers, as they constitute about four-fifths of the government workforce.<\/p>\n

At present, the government’s “Compensation and Position Classification System” has 33 salary grades. Except for Grade 33, which is occupied by one person, the President, each salary grade has eight steps.<\/p>\n

\u201dSo there are a total of 257 pay categories which must be studied and adjusted. There must be distinctions and differentiation between and within the salary grades,” Recto said.<\/p>\n

“What makes the job harder is that all of these 257 pay categories must be accommodated within a ceiling, which at present is Php 120,000 a month–the salary the President gets,” he explained.<\/p>\n

At the other end of the spectrum is the Php9,000 monthly salary of a Salary Grade 1, Step 1 holder, the entry-level post in government.<\/p>\n

The PS costs have grown by 77.2 percent from Php457.6 billion in 2010 to next year\u2019s proposed Php810.8 billion level.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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