P16.95B allotted to new salary hike for gov't workers in 2024 NEP
The proposed 2024 national budget includes a substantial allocation of P16.95
billion earmarked for salary increments of government employees, under the
provisions of the Miscellaneous Personnel Benefits Fund (MPBF).
Department of Budget and Management (DBM) Secretary Amenah F.
Pangandaman has highlighted that the adjustments to compensation packages in
the public sector may be considered starting next year.
“๐๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐16.95
b๐ช๐ญ๐ญ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ 2024 ๐๐๐๐ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ด๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฅ๐ซ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฎ๐ข๐บ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ณ๐ด๐ถ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐น๐ต ๐บ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ,” Secretary
Pangandaman said.
๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ต๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐๐๐๐ฒ๐บ
In January, the last tranche of salary hikes for government employees was
implemented — as mandated by Republic Act (RA) No. 11466, or the Salary
Standardization Law of 2019, series of 2020. The modified salary schedule for
civil personnel was implemented in four tranches, from FY 2020 to FY 2023.
“๐๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฑ๐ฐ ๐ข๐บ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ข ๐ฎ๐ข-๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฎ๐จ๐ข ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฃ๐ข๐ฃ๐ข๐บ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฏ๐ข ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ข๐ด๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐ด๐ข ๐จ๐ฐ๐ฃ๐บ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฐ, ๐ข๐ต ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ข ๐ฏ๐ข ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฑ๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ข-๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฆ๐น๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฐ๐บ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฏ๐ข ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ญ๐ช ๐ด๐ข ๐จ๐ฐ๐ฃ๐บ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฐ ๐ข๐ต ๐ฎ๐ข๐จ-๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ข๐บ๐ฐ๐ด,” the budget secretary
said.
The Budget Secretary earlier said a sum of P48 million has been allocated from
the approved Governance Commission for GOCCs (GCG) budget this year, 2023, for
specialist services group to conduct a comprehensive review of the compensation
and position classification system for the government sector.
“๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ต ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ฃ๐ช๐ฏ๐ช๐จ๐บ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฑ๐ฐ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฎ๐ช ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฌ๐ต๐ช๐ฃ๐ข ๐ฏ๐ช ๐๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐ข๐ณ๐ค๐ฐ๐ด ๐ฏ๐ข ๐ฎ๐ข๐จ๐ด๐ข๐จ๐ข๐ธ๐ข ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ด๐ต๐ถ๐ฅ๐บ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ข ๐ฎ๐ข๐ด๐ช๐จ๐ถ๐ณ๐ฐ ๐ฏ๐ข ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ด๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฎ๐จ๐ข ๐ค๐ช๐ท๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ข๐ฏ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ญ ๐ข๐บ ๐ฎ๐ข๐จ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ต๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฌ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ข ๐ด๐ข ๐ฎ๐จ๐ข ๐ฏ๐ข๐จ๐ต๐ข๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ฃ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ด๐ข ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ช๐ท๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ,” said
Sec. Pangandaman.
“๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ด๐ต ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ช๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต [๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ฆ] ๐ด๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ถ๐ญ๐ต๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ต๐ถ๐ฅ๐บ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐ป๐ฆ๐ฅ,” she
emphasized.
In a proactive approach to employee welfare, the DBM has also allocated P1.368
billion in the proposed FY 2024 National Expenditure Program to fund the
additional P1,000 in the uniform or clothing allowance of over 1.3 million
government employees.
The DBM has likewise been conducting a parallel review of the various benefits
received across different ranks of the civil service to determine the need to
adjust them. (DBM/PIA-Caraga)
