Gov’t workers to get better pay soon – Malacañang

MANILA, Philippines – Government workers may soon expect an increase in their salaries following efforts to standardize the pay of government-owned corporations.

In a radio interview on Saturday, October 24, deputy presidential spokesperson Abigail Valte cited President Benigno Aquino III, who said in a forum last week that the government is considering a new round of salary standardization increases.

Valte said the Aquino administration has already standardized the salaries of state workers in government-owned and controlled corporations, and this could extend to other agencies as well.

“The numbers won’t necessarily be similar, but the President said we would want to do something similar for those in government service,” Valte said.

In a forum last week, Aquino said his administration wants to put government workers at a competitive standing with their private sector counterparts.

“The idea is to match the private sector by about 70% of what a private sector employee gets and the bonuses will no longer be pro forma bonuses but rather performance-based bonuses,” Aquino said.

The President added that adjusting the salaries of government workers would discourage them from corruption.

The government’s Performance-Based Bonus system, a merit-based incentive program, aims to provide bonuses to employees when their departments achieve their performance targets and priority program commitments. – Rappler.com