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Duterte signs law on pay hike for gov't workers

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Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2020/news/01/09/20200108-duterte-salary-standardization-mnib-17.jpg"/><figcaption>President Duterte signs the Salary Standardization Law of 2019 at the Malacañan Palace on January 8, 2020.<em> King Rodriguez, Presidential Photo</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA<strong> (UPDATE)</strong>- President Rodrigo Duterte signed into law Wednesday a measure increasing wages of government workers, particularly teachers.</p><p>Duterte signed Republic Act No. 11466 or the Salary Standardization Law of 2019 which increases the pay of civilian government employees starting January 2020. </p><p>It also establishes a performance-based incentive scheme to reward exemplary civil servants and well-performing organizations.</p><p>Presidential Spokesman Salvador Panelo on Thursday said the new measure seeks to &quot;promote excellence&quot; among government employees.</p><p>&quot;This measure will rationalize the compensation of all civilian personnel including those in the legislative and judicial branches as well as the local government units under certain conditions,&quot; Panelo told reporters.</p><p>The wage hike also includes workers of constitutional commissions, local government units, and government-owned or controlled corporations that are not covered by the GOCC Governance Act of 2011.</p><p>Under the measure, employees will get salary increases in 4 tranches until 2023 regardless of whether they are regular, contractual or casual, appointed or elected, and working on a full-time or part-time basis.</p><p>Excluded from the increases, however, are military and uniformed personnel, employees covered by the GOCC Governance Act of 2011 and those working under job orders, contracts of service, consultancy-basis, or service contracts with no employer-employee relation.</p><p>For this year, a salary grade 1 employee&#x27;s income will increase to P12,244 from the current P11,551. It will reach P13,780 by 2023.</p><p>Employees under salary grades 10 to 15 will enjoy the biggest increases at 20 to 30 percent. </p><p>Those under salary grades 23 to 33, meanwhile, will receive an 8 percent increase in their income.</p><p>The President, who holds salary grade 33, will see a pay hike to P423,723 from the present P411,382 by 2023.</p><p>The law also retains the prevailing year-end bonus for government employees which is equivalent to a month&#x27;s salary as well as a P5,000 cash gift.</p><p>Employees will also receive a mid-year bonus equivalent to a month&#x27;s salary that should be given on or before May 15.</p><div><strong>Read the full measure here:</strong></div><blockquote class="embedly-card"><h4><a href="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2020/news/01/09/ra-no-11466-salary-standardization-law-of-20196598940953718070732.pdf">null</a></h4><p>null</p></blockquote><script async="" src="//cdn.embedly.com/widgets/platform.js" charSet="UTF-8" type="text/javascript"></script>

<p>The Salary Standardization Law of 2019 raises the minimum basic salary or Salary Grade 1, for government employees from P11,068 to P13,000.</p>

The Salary Standardization Law of 2019 raises the minimum basic salary or Salary Grade 1, for government employees from P11,068 to P13,000.

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Duterte signs law on pay hike for gov't workers

Arianne Merez,

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Published Jan 08, 2020 11:59 PM PHT

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Updated Jan 09, 2020 05:14 PM PHT

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