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SIXTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE REPUBLIC 
OF THE PHILIPPINES 
First Regular Session 
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SENATE 941 
S.B.No. __ _ 
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Introduced by Senator Ramon Bong Revilla, Jr. 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
Article II, Section 18 of the 1987 Philippine Constitution declares that, "the State 
affirms labor as primary social economic force. It shall protect the rights of workers and 
promote their welfare." The highest law of the land guarantees workers' rights. Among 
these rights is their right for a living wage. 
Due to inflation and other present economic realities, such as continuously rising 
prices of basic needs, the real value of government workers' salaries have significantly 
decreased. Salaries received by public sector employees are way behind the 
government's conservative estimate of the cost of living a family needs in order to 
survive. 
The passage of the Salary Standardization Law 3 has not been enough to 
substantially address the situation. An employee with the compensation of Salary Grade 
I Step 1 currently receives P6,861.00 per month, far from the government's estimated 
cost of living of 28,710 per month. Even if employees receive the full implementation of 
SSL 3 (the last tranche will be on 2012), the minimum pay shall still only be P9,000.00. 
The situation of employees in local government units is far worse as they receive lower 
amount because SSL 3 continue to implement the policy of wage regionalization. 
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The current minimum pay reflects the dismal state of public sector workers. While . 
executives and top officials of the government are enjoying various perks and privileges, 
oftentimes even unconscionable, the employees who are at the frontline of delivering 
services to the public, are living in abject poverty. 
This bill seeks to address this inequality through providing a substantial salary 
increase, and in the process, bring employees closer to the State's assurance of a 
decent wage 
In this regard, passage of this bill is earnestly sought. 
.. H:l,M'G REVILLA, JR. 


SIXTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE REPUBLIC 
OF THE PHILIPPINES 
First Regular Session 
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SENATE 941 
S.B.No. __ _ 
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Introduced by Senator Ramon Bong Revilla, Jr. 
AN ACT PROVIDING FOR P6, 000 INCREASE IN THE MINIMUM PAY OF 
EMPLOYEES AND WORKERS IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR NATIONWIDE AND FOR 
OTHER PURPOSE 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in 
Congress assembled: 
SECTION 1. Title - This Act shall be known as "The P6,OOO Increase in the 
Minimum Pay Act of 2013". 
Section 2. Declaration of Policy - It is hereby declared to be the policy of the 
State to alleviate the living conditions of the ordinary Filipino through policies that 
provide for a decent and humane standard of living and improved quality of life, 
particularly of the workers, both private and public; to ensure the right of labor to just 
share in the fruits of production; to guarantee the workers' right to a living wage; and to 
promote social justice through the adoption of measures calculated to ensure the well-
being and economic security of all the members of the community. 
Section 3. Scope - The government as the employer of public sector workers 
shall grant all employees in alf National Government Agencies, Government Owned and 
Controlled Corporations, Government Financial Institutions, State Universities and 
Colleges, Local Government Units and other instrumentalities of the government, a 
P6,000 increases in the Minimum Pay (Salary Grade I). 
Section 4. Compliance to Collective Negotiations Agreement - No salary 
increase shall be credited as compliance with the increase prescribed herein unless 
expressly provided under a valid collective negotiations agreement. 
Section 5. Non-diminution of existing allowances and benefits - Nothing in 
this Act shall be construed to reduce any existing allowances and benefits of any form 
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under existing laws, decrees, issuances, executive orders and any contract or 
agreement between employees and the government. 
Section 6. Implementing Rules and Regulations - The Department of Budget 
and Management, after a thorough process of consultation with the government 
employees shall promulgate the necessary rules and regulations to implement this Act 
including the corresponding increases per Salary Grades necessary to address the 
distortion created by the P6, 000 increases in the minimum pay. 
Section 7. Separability Clause - If any provision or part of this Act or the 
application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid or unconstitutional, the 
remainder of this Act or the application of such provision or part thereof to other persons 
or circumstances shall not be affected thereby. 
Section 8. Repealing Clause -
All laws, orders, issuances, rules and 
regulations or parts thereof inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby 
repealed, amended or modified accordingly. 
Approved, 
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