Republic of the Philippines 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
Quezon City 
EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS 
Third Regular Session 
HOUSE BILL NO. ________ 
Introduced by: HON. “KUYA” JOSE ANTONIO R. SY-ALVARADO 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
18 months has passed since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines. 
Government employees have been in the frontlines of our battle against the virus. They 
performed their duties and tasks diligently to provide the Filipino people government services 
despite the danger they face while doing so. 
It is provided in Article II Section 18 of the Philippine Constitution that the State affirms labor 
as a primary social economic force and it shall protect the rights of workers and promote their 
welfare. It is also provided in Article XIII Section 3 of the Constitution that they shall be 
entitled to security of tenure, humane conditions of work and a living wage. 
But as we embrace the new normal our employees were burdened with additional hardship and 
expenses. They were required to wear personal protective equipment (PPEs) and to implement 
minimum to health protocols. 
According to the International Labour Organization (ILO) Global Wage Report 2020-21 
Wages and minimum wages in the time of COVID-19, “the Minimum Wage Fixing 
Convention, 1970 (No. 131), stipulates that, to maintain their relevance, minimum wages 
should be “adjusted from time to   time” (Article 4). Failure to do so may lead to an erosion of 
the purchasing power of workers who earn the minimum wage when prices of goods and 
services are rising, or to more wage inequality when the general level of wages is increasing 
more rapidly than the minimum wage.” 
In order to strengthen and realize the mandate and constitutional provisions stated above, this 
bill seeks to provide a PhP3,000 monthly inflation adjustment allowance to all government 
workers that will recompense the decline in their purchasing power and to help them ease the 
repercussions of the COVID-19 pandemic.  
Thus, the immediate passage of this bill is earnestly sought. 
“KUYA” JOSE ANTONIO R. SY-ALVARADO 
Representative 
First District of Bulacan 
September 27, 2021
12:02 pm
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Republic of the Philippines 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
Quezon City 
EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS 
Third Regular Session 
HOUSE BILL NO. ________ 
Introduced by: “KUYA” JOSE ANTONIO R. SY-ALVARADO 
AN ACT  
PROVIDING FOR A PHP 3,000 MONTHLY INFLATION ADJUSTMENT 
ALLOWANCE FOR ALL GOVERNMENT WORKERS AND APPROPRIATING 
FUNDS THEREFOR 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled
SECTION 1. Short Title.  This Act shall be known as the “Lingkod 3k Monthly Allowance 
Inflation Adjustment Allowance Act of 2021” 
SECTION 2. Declaration of Policy.  It is hereby declared the policy of the State to alleviate 
the living condition of government workers and to guarantee their right to a living wage. The 
State shall protect and promote the rights and welfare of workers in the public sector.  
SECTION 3. Provision of Monthly Inflation Adjustment Allowance. An amount equivalent 
to Three Thousand Pesos (PhP 3,000) per month which shall be called Monthly Inflation 
Adjustment Allowance shall be given to all government workers regardless of employment 
status. 
The inflation adjustment allowance shall be given in addition to existing allowances and 
benefits provided to government workers under existing laws and regulations.  
SECTION 4. Coverage. The Inflation Adjustment Allowance prescribed in this Act shall 
apply to all government workers regardless of their position, designation, status and salary 
grade level.  
These will include all permanent, casual, temporary, appointive, Job Orders (JOs) and Contract 
of Service (COS) workers.  
SECTION 5. No Diminution of Benefits. Nothing in this Act shall be construed to reduce any 
existing allowances and benefits of any form under existing laws, decrees, executive orders, 
issuances, rules and regulations.  
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SECTION 6. Sources of Fundings. The amount necessary for the initial implementation of 
this Act for the year 2021 shall be sourced from: 
 
(a) Savings generated by the different departments, bureaus, offices and agencies of the 
government from the General Appropriations Act (GAA) FY 2021: 
 
i. 
For NGAs, including SUCs, the amount required shall be charged against the 
available released Personnel Services (PS) allotments of the respective agencies 
under FY 2021 General Appropriations Act (GAA). 
ii. 
For GOCCs, the amount required shall be charged against their respective approved 
corporate operating budgets (COBs) for FY 2021.  
iii. 
For Legislative and Judicial Departments, the amount required shall be charged 
against the available released allotments of their respective agencies.  
iv. 
For the LGUs, the amount required shall be charged against their respective FY 
2021 local government funds.  
v. 
For Local Water Districts (LWDs), the amount required shall be charged against 
their respective BOD-approved FY 2021 COBs. 
 
(b) Savings from Republic Act No. 11494, otherwise known as “Bayanihan to Recover as One 
Act”;  
 
(c) Unobligated and unutilized funds from the Barangay Development Program (BDP) of the 
National Task Force to End Local Communists Armed Conflict (NTF ELCAC); 
 
(d) Unused appropriation for debt servicing: Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the  
President of the Philippines may direct the discontinuance of unutilized automatic 
appropriations for the debt service and use the savings generated therefrom to augment  
allocation for the purpose of this Act; and   
 
(e) Unused funds from foreign loans provided for the government's wage subsidy and social 
protection programs.  
 
Provided that, for the succeeding years, the amount necessary shall be included in the annual 
General Appropriations Act. 
 
SECTION 7. Separability Clause. If any provision of this Act is declared unconstitutional, 
the same shall not affect the validity and effectivity of the other provisions hereof. 
 
SECTION 8. Repealing Clause. All laws, decrees, orders, issuances or portion thereof, which 
are inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are repealed or modified accordingly. 
 
SECTION 9. Effectivity. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in 
two (2) newspapers of general circulation. 
 
Approved,