Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

SIXTEENTH CONGRES:
First Regular Session

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INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVES
FERNANDO L. HICAP, NERI JAVIER COLMENARES,
LUZVIMINDA C. ILAGAN, EMMI DE JESUS, ANTONIO TINIO,
TERRY RIDON AND CARLOS ISAGANI ZARATE

AN ACT
PROVIDING FOR A P6,000 INCREASE IN THE MINIMUM PAY OF
EMPLOYEES AND WORKERS IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR
AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the
Philippines in Congress assembled.

SECTION 1. Title - This Act shall be known as “The P6,000 Increase in
the Minimum Pay of Government Employees Act of 2013.”

SECTION 2. Declaration of Policy - It is hereby declared 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 its 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 - In line with the declared policy under this Act, the
government as the employer of the public sector workers shall grant all
employees in the 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 increase in the Minimum Pay (Salary Grade 1) of
government employees.

SECTION 4. Compliance to Collective Negotiation Agreement - No
salary increase shall be credited as compliance with the increase prescribed
herein unless expressly provided under valid collective negotiations agreement.

SECTION 5. Non-diminution of existing allowances and benefits -
Nothing in this Act shall be construed to reduce any existing allowance and
benefit of any form under existing laws, decrees, issuances, executive orders
and any contract or agreement between employees and the government.


This bill sought to address these inequities by providing those who
needed most a substantial salary increase and in the process bringing the
employees closer to the State's assurance of a decent wage.

In view of the foregoing, the urgent deliberation and approval of this bill

is earnestly sought.
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Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

SIXTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

HOUSE BILL NO. _30 15

INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVES
FERNANDO L. HICAP, NERI JAVIER COLMENARES,
LUZVIMINDA C. ILAGAN, EMMI DE JESUS, ANTONIO TINIO,
TERRY RIDON AND CARLOS ISAGANI ZARATE

EXPLANATORY NOTE

“The State affirms labor as a primary social economic force. It shall protect
the rights of workers and promote their welfare. (Section 18, Article Il of the 1987
Philippine Constitution)

“The State shall afford full protection to labor, local and overseas,
organized and unorganized, and promote full employment and equality of
employment opportunities for all. It shall guarantee the rights of all workers to
self-organization, collective bargaining and negotiations, and peaceful concerted
activities, including the right to strike in accordance with law. They shall be
entitled to security of tenure, humane conditions of work, and a living wage. They
shall also participate in policy and decision-making processes affecting their
rights and benefits as may be provided by law”. (Section 3, Article XIII of the
1987 Philippine Constitution)

The 1987 Philippine Constitution recognizes and guarantees our workers,
both private and public, the right to a living wage. This promise, however, has
remained elusive for the more than 1.4 million personnel of the bureaucracy
because the real value of their salaries have significantly fell due to inflation and
other present economic realities.

‘The adage that a government employee's take home pay cannot take him
home has become a living proof that his salary lags way behind even the
government's conservative estimate of what 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 a Salary Grade I Step 1
(minimum pay) currently receives P9,000 while the government's cost of living
stands at almost P30,000 a month.

‘The minimum pay reflects the dismal state of the public sector workers.
While Executives and top officials of the government have been enjoying various
perks and privileges corollary to their power, often times even unconscionable,
the employees who are at the frontline of delivering services to the public, have
been living in abject poverty.


SECTION 6. Implementing Rules and Regulations - The Department of
Budget and Management 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 increase 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.

SECTION 9. Effectivity Clause - This Act shall take effect within fifteen
(15) days after its publication in the Official Gazette or in at least two
newspapers of general circulation, whichever comes earlier.

Approved.