WHEREAS, pursuant to the mandate of the Constitution calling for the standardization of compensation of government personnel, Presidential Decree No. 985 otherwise referred to as the œBudgetary Reform Decree on Compensation and Position Classification of 1976  was promulgated;

WHEREAS, a Salary Schedule consisting of twenty-eight salary grades has been provided under Presidential Decree No. 985 which shall be used in the standardization of compensation of national government personnel;

WHEREAS, the standardization of compensation of government personnel on the basis of the prevailing level of compensation in private industry in the country has been adopted as a national government policy;

WHEREAS, the results of the 1979 salary survey conducted by the National Government in private industry indicates a need to further increase government salaries; and

WHEREAS, there is now a need to revise the salary rates of the Salary Grade Schedule in P.D. No. 985 in view of the increases in salary rates for national government personnel based on the 1976 survey of salaries in private industry and the new minimum wage prescribed in P.D. No. 1614 effective May 1, 1979, and in anticipation of the implementation of further upward revision of national government salaries based on the results of the 1979 salary survey;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution, do hereby order:

SECTION 1. The Salary Schedule for the National Government, as provided under Section 11 of Presidential Decree No. 985, is hereby revised as follows:

THE SALARY SCHEDULE
 

1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th
step	step	step	step	step	step	step	step
P4860	P4860	P5112	P5376	P5640	P5928	P6240	P6552
5112	5376	5640	5928	6240	6552	6888	7236
5640	5928	6240	6552	6888	7236	7608	7992
6240	6552	6888	7236	7608	7992	8400	8832
6888	7236	7608	7992	8400	8832	9288	9756
7608	7992	8400	8832	9288	9756	10260	10776
8400	8832	9288	9756	10260	10776	11328	11904
9288	9756	10260	10776	11328	11904	12516	13152
10260	10776	11328	11904	12516	13152	13824	14532
11328	11904	12516	13152	13824	14532	15264	16044
12516	13152	13824	14532	15264	16044	16860	17724
13824	14532	15264	16044	16860	17724	18636	19584
15264	16044	16860	17724	18636	19584	20580	21624
16860	17724	18636	19584	20580	21624	22728	23892
18636	19584	20580	21624	22728	23892	25116	26388
20580	21624	22728	23892	25116	26388	27732	29148
22728	23892	25116	26388	27732	29148	30636	32196
25116	26388	27732	29148	30636	32196	33840	35568
27732	29148	30636	32196	33840	35568	37380	39288
30636	32196	33840	35568	37380	39288	41292	43392
33840	35568	37380	39288	41292	43392	45600	47928
37380	39288	41292	43392	45600	47928	50376	52944
41292	43392	45600	47928	50376	52944	55644	58476
45600	47928	50376	52944	55644	58476	61464	64596
50376	52944	55644	58476	61464	64596	67896	71364
55644	58476	61464	64596	67896	71364	75000	78828
61464	64596	67896	71364	75000	78828	82848	87072
67896	71364	75000	78828	82848	87072	91512	96180

Section 2. The Minister of the Budget shall promulgate the rules and regulations for the implementation of this Order.

Section 3. All Executive Orders, rules or regulations or parts thereof which are inconsistent with this Order are hereby repealed and or modified accordingly.

Section 4. This Order shall take effect on January 1, 1980.

Done in the City of Manila, this 12th day of May, nineteen hundred and eighty.


By the President:

(SGD.) JUAN C. TUVERA
Presidential Assistant