Rep.

Tinio said he voted against the bill because it only implemented paltry sums

to ordinary workers.

He said the SSL 2015 relied on the grant of bonuses instead of increasing the

salaries.

According to him, Hindi sasapat ang dagdag na ibibigay ng SSL 2016 para sa

malaking mayorya ng gobyerno Ang kahalagahan at kaibahan ng sweldo ay bukod sa

makakatugon sa pang-araw-araw na pangangailangan, investment din ang sweldo sa

kanilang future, lalo na sa kanilang retirement pension, na nakabatay sa kanilang
sweldo, hindi bonus, Rep. Tinio said.

So I recommend that definitely the increase should not only be on the

bonuses but on their salaries. Much higher increase per tranches, since
accordingly it will be given in four tranches.

In a statement, Budget Secretary Florencio Butch Abad said the proposed bill

seeks a four-year P226-billion compensation hike for the governments 1.53 million
civilian and military and uniformed personnel.

The compensation package is composed of a salary increase, a mid-year 14th

month pay, and an enhanced performance-based bonus (PBB) system, Abad said.He

added that the salary hike would increase the basic Salary Grade 1 from P9,000 to
P11,068 a month.

The bill seeks to increase the basic salary of covered employees by an average of

27 percent. The 14th month pay will increase compensation by eight percent.

Meanwhile, the enhanced PBB is equivalent to one to two months salary or an

average of 10 percent increase in salary.

Definitely the 2015 Salary Standardization Law is already a support to our

government employees, and we shall be thankful for passing the law.

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