THIRTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE REPUBLIC) 
1 
5 
IIbN ih r?; . a i 7  
OF THE PHILIPPINES 
FIRST REGULAR SESSION 
1 
6 
Introduced by Senator Magsaysay, Jr. 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
It is the policy of the State to afford full protection to labor and to 
extend to everyone the equal protection of the law. 
Despite this 
constitutional declaration, however, benefits granted 
to civilian 
employees of the government continue to pale in comparison with those 
received by their uniformed counterparts in the Armed Forces of the 
Philippines and the integrated National Police. 
To illustrate Section 11 of Republic Act 6758, or the Salary 
Standardization Law 1, not only exempted all allowances and fringe 
benefits of said uniformed personnel from integration with their base pay 
but also adopted an over-and-above longevity pay based on ten (10) 
percent of their monthly basic pay for every five (5) years of service. 
In contrast, Congress has abolished all the existing allowances 
previously enjoyed by most government employees, and though it 
extended to them longevity pay in the form of step increments under 
Section 13 (c) of the same salary law, it failed to fix a comparable rate 
when it chose to pass on to the Civil Service Commission and the 
Department of Budget and Management its compensation - determining 
function. 
This legislative omission has opened opportunities for the arbitrary 
and capricious exercise by both CSC and DBM of their delegated powers 
through CSC-DBM Joint Circular No. 1, s. 1990, CSC Clarificatory 
Interprentative Ruling of 1990 and DBM Budget Execution Guideline 93- 
2 which have rendered implementation of Section 13 ( c ), in so far it 
concerns longevity pay, oppressive, confiscatory, absurd and violative of 
our Constitution’s “equal protection” clause. 
For example, Section 2 of said joint circular provides for 21 years 
of continuous satisfactory service in the position for the salary of an 
employee to reach the maximum 8th step of his/her salary grade, a 
formula that is way below even the lowest prevailing longevity rate for 
government tutors computed at 10 years for the same number of steps. 
Worse, said joint agency issuance, instead of making the longevity pay of 
government employees at par with that granted public school teachers, 
did exactly the reverse when it was wrongly held to have repealed Section 
16 of Rtl4670, the provision of special law governing the computation of 
longevity pay of the latter, thereby reducing their longevity pay by more 
than half. And as if this was not enough, the same circular, specifically 


section 4 thereof, considers length of service only in the incumbent’s 
present position in the computation of longevity pay resulting to wage 
distortions and pay disparities in cases of promotion. Furthermore, it 
also pegs longevity pay at sth step at the maximum, in effect, unjustly 
denying beneficiaries of the amount due them corresponding to their 
years of service beyond the equivalent of eight step. To top it all, CSC, 
through its Clarificatory Interpretative Ruling of 1990, has made 
availment of longevity pay by government workers extremely difficult, if 
not fmstratingly, impossible when it deliberately misinterpreted 
“continuous satisfactory service” to mean service uninterrupted or 
unbroken by any day of absence or leave without pay in derogation of the 
more benign intention and spirit of the law. 
In view of the foregoing, there is a need for an urgent remedial 
legislation to address the growing demoralization on. and restiveness 
among rank-and file government workers as a result of such injustice 
and disparty. Immediate passage of this bill is, therefore, earnestly 
desired. 


THIRTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE REPUBLIC) 
1 
5 
iiR i6 ?5.t;7 
OF THE PHILIPPINES 
FIRST REGULAR SESSION 
1 
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Introduced by Senator Magsaysay, Jr. 
AN ACT 
EQUALIZING THE LONGEVITY PAY OF PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS 
AND GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES WITH THOSE PAID UNIFORMED 
PERSONNEL OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE PHILIPPINES AND 
THE INTEGRATED NATIONAL POLICE AND, FOR THIS PURPOSE, 
AMENDING SECTION 16 OF REPUBLIC ACT 4670 AND SECTION 13 
(C) OF REPUBLIC ACT 6758, PROVIDING FUNDS THEREFOR. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
Philippines in Congress Assembled 
SECTION 1. Section 16 of Republic Act 4670, or “the Magna Carta 
for Public School Teachers” is hereby amended to read as follows: 
“SECTION 16. LONGEVITY PAY AND MERIT INCREASE - 
PUBLIC 
SCHOOL TEACHERS, 
SHALL BE 
GRANTED 
MONTHLY LONGEVITY PAY COMPUTED AT TEN (10) 
PERCENT OF THEIR MONTHLY BASIC PAY FOR EVERY 
FIVE 
(5) YEARS 
OF 
CONTINUOUS 
SATISFACTORY 
SERVICE. 
PROVIDED, THAT MERIT INCREASES BASED 
ON 
OUTSTANDING 
AND 
VERY 
SATISFACTORY 
PERFORMANCE SHALL CONTINUE TO BE AUTHORIZED 
AND TREATED SEPARATELY. PROVIDED FURTHER, THAT 
THE 
BENEFITS 
HEREIN 
PRESCRIBED 
SHALL 
NOT 
PREJUDICE OR BE PREJUDICED BY SIMILAR BENEFITS 
ALREADY 
GRANTED 
OR 
WILL, 
HEREINAFTER, 
BE 
GRANTED BY LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS AND OTHER 
AGENCIES” 
SEC. 2. 
Section 13 ( c ) of Republic Act 6758, or the 
“Compensation and Position Classification Act of 1989” is hereby 
amended to read as follows: 
”SECTION 13 ( C ). LONGEVITY PAY AND MERIT INCREASE 
MONTHLY LONGEVITY PAY COMPUTED AT TEN (10) 
PERCENT OF THEIR MONTHLY BASIC PAY FOR EVERY 
FIVE 
(5) YEARS 
OF 
CONTINUOUS 
SATISFACTORY 
SERVICE. 
PROVIDED, THAT PERFORMANCE SHALL 
CONTINUE 
TO 
BE 
AUTHORIZED 
AND 
TREATED 
SEPARATELY. PROVIDED FURTHER, THAT THE BENEFITS 
HEREIN PRESCRIBED SHALL NOT PREJUDICE OR BE 
- ALL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES SHALL BE GRANTED 


PREJUDICED BY SIMILAR BENEFITS ALREADY GRANTED 
OR 
WILL, HEREINAFTER, BE GRANTED 
BY LOCAL 
GOVERNMENT UNITS AND OTHER AGENCIES”. 
SEC. 3. The amount necessary to implement the provisions of this 
Act shall be included in the General Appropriations Act of the year 
following the approval of this Act. 
SEC. 4. The heads of concerned agencies, in consultation with 
concerned 
national 
government 
employee’s 
organizations, 
shall 
promulgate, not later than 30 days after the approval of this Act, such 
necessary rules and regulations to implement this Act. 
SEC. 5. All laws, presidential decrees, executive orders, rules and 
regulations, or parts thereof, inconsistent with the provisions of this Act 
are hereby repealed or modified accordingly. 
SEC. 6. This Act shall take effect upon its publication in any 
newspaper of general circulation. 
Approved, 
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