Eighteenth Congress
First Regular Session

Begun and held in Metro Manila, on Monday, the twenty-second day of July, two thousand nineteen.

[ REPUBLIC ACT NO. 11466, January 08, 2020 ]

AN ACT MODIFYING THE SALARY SCHEDULE FOR CIVILIAN GOVERNMENT PERSONNEL AND AUTHORIZING THE GRANT OF ADDITIONAL BENEFITS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

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 "Salary Standardization Law of 2019".

Section 2. Statement of Policy.- It is hereby declared the policy of the State to provide all government personnel a just and equitable compensation in accordance with the principle of equal pay for work of equal value. In pursuing this policy, the State shall ensure that:

(a) Differences in pay shall be based upon substantive differences in duties, responsibilities, accountabilities and qualification requirements of the positions.

(b) The compensation for all civilian government personnel shall be standardized and rationalized across all government agencies to create an enabling environment that will promote social justice, integrity, efficiency, productivity, accountability and excellence in the civil service.

(c) The compensation of all civilian personnel shall generally be competitive with those in the private sector doing comparable work in order to attract, retain and motivate a corps of competent and dedicated civil servants.

(d) A performance-based incentive scheme which integrates personnel and organizational performance shall be established to reward exemplary civil servants and well-performing organizations.

(e) The compensation scheme shall take into consideration the financial capability of the government and shall give due regard to the efficient all location of funds for personnel services, which shall be maintained at a realistic level in proportion to the overall expenditure of government.

Section 3. Coverage. - This Act shall apply to all civilian government personnel in the Executive, Legislative and Judicial Branches, Constitutional Commissions and other Constitutional Offices, government-owned or -controlled corporations (GOCCs) not covered by Republic Act No. 10149, and local government units (LGUs). This shall cover government personnel whether regular, contractual or casual, appointive or elective; and on full-time or part-time basis.

Section 4. Exclusions. - The following shall be excluded from the coverage of this Act:

(a) Military and uniformed personnel;

(b) GOCCs under Republic Act No. 10149 which shall be covered by a Compensation and Position Classification System (CPCS) established by the Governance Commission for GOCCs (GCG) and approved by the President of the Philippines; and

(c) Individuals whose services are engaged through job orders, contracts of service consultancy or service contracts with no employer-employee relationship.

Section 5. Position Classification System. - The following re-categorized groups of classes of positions prescribed and defined under Item (3) of Joint Resolution No. 4, series of 2009 shall be maintained, i.e.: (a) Sub-professional Category; (b) Professional Category; and (c) Executive Category. The Index of Occupational Services, Occupational Groups, Classes and Salary Grades (IOS, for brevity) shall continually be reviewed and updated by the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) in consideration of substantial changes in and complexity of duties and responsibilities of positions, work methods, skills, competencies, and other relevant factors.

Section 6. Compensation System. - The Total Compensation Framework established under Item (4) of Joint Resolution No. 4, series of 2009, consisting of the following components, shall continue to be adopted:

(a) Basic Salaries including Step Increments;

(b) Standard Allowances and Benefits;

(c) Specific-Purpose Allowances and Benefits; and

(d) Incentives.

Section 7. Salary Schedule, Including Step Increments. - The modified Salary Schedule fo Civilian Personnel, to be implemented in four (4) tranches, shall be as follows:

First Tranche

Salary Grade Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Step 5 Step 6 Step 7 Step 8
1 11,551 11,647 11,745 11,843 11,942 12,042 12,143 12,244
2 12,276 12,369 12,464 12,560 12,657 12,754 12,852 12,950
3 13,019 13,119 13,220 13,322 13,424 13,527 13,631 13,736
4 13,807 13,914 14,020 14,128 14,236 14,345 14,456 14,567
5 14,641 14,754 14,867 14,981 15,096 15,212 15,329 15,446
6 15,524 15,643 15,763 15,884 16,007 16,129 16,253 16,378
7 16,458 16,585 16,713 16,841 16,970 17,101 17,231 17,364
8 17,505 17,663 17,823 17,984 18,146 18,310 18,476 18,643
9 18,784 18,941 19,100 19,259 19,420 19,582 19,746 19,911
10 20,219 20,388 20,558 20,731 20,903 21,079 21,254 21,432
11 22,316 22,600 22,889 23,181 23,477 23,778 24,082 24,391
12 24,495 24,779 25,067 25,358 25,653 25,952 26,254 26,560
13 26,754 27,067 27,383 27,703 28,028 28,356 28,688 29,025
14 29,277 29,261 29,969 30,322 30,678 31,039 31,405 31,775
15 32,053 32,431 32,814 33,202 33,594 33,991 34,393 34,801
16 35,106 35,522 35,943 36,369 36,801 37,238 37,681 38,128
17 38,464 38,922 39,385 39,854 40,329 40,810 41,296 41,789
18 42,159 42,662 43,172 43,687 44,210 44,739 45,274 45,816
19 46,791 47,530 48,281 49,044 49,820 50,608 51,410 52,224
20 52,703 53,537 54,386 55,248 56,125 57,016 57,921 58,841
21 59,353 60,296 61,255 62,229 63,220 64,226 65,249 66,289
22 66,867 67,933 69,017 70,118 71,237 72,375 73,531 74,705
23 75,359 76,563 77,788 79,034 80,324 81,635 82,967 84,321
24 85,074 86,462 87,874 89,308 90,766 92,248 93,753 95,283
25 96,985 98,568 100,176 101,811 103,473 105,162 106,879 108,623
26 109,593 111,381 113,200 115,047 116,925 118,833 120,772 122,744
27 123,839 125,861 127,915 130,003 132,125 134,281 136,473 138,701
28 139,939 142,223 144,544 146,903 149,300 151,738 154,215 156,731
29 158,131 160,712 163,335 166,001 168,710 171,464 174,262 177,107
30 178,688 181,604 184,568 187,581 190,642 193,754 196,916 200,130
31 262,965 268,101 273,338 278,676 284,120 289,669 295,327 301,095
32 313,512 319,835 326,285 332,865 339,577 346,426 353,413 360,539
33 395,858 407,734





Second Tranche

Salary Grade Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Step 5 Step 6 Step 7 Step 8
1 12,034 12,134 12,236 12,339 12,442 12,545 12,651 12,756
2 12,790 12,888 12,987 13,087 13,187 13,288 13,390 13,493
3 13,572 13,677 13,781 13,888 13,995 14,101 14,210 14,319
4 14,400 14,511 14,622 14,735 14,848 14,961 15,077 15,192
5 15,275 15,393 15,511 15,630 15,750 15,871 15,993 16,115
6 16,200 16,325 16,450 16,577 16,704 16,832 16,962 17,092
7 17,179 17,311 17,444 17,578 17,713 17,849 17,985 18,124
8 18,251 18,417 18,583 18,751 18,920 19,091 19,264 19,438
9 19,593 19,757 19,922 20,089 20,257 20,426 20,597 20,769
10 21,205 21,382 21,561 21,741 21,923 22,106 22,291 22,477
11 23,877 24,161 24,450 24,742 25,038 25,339 25,643 25,952
12 26,052 26,336 26,624 26,915 27,210 27,509 27,811 28,117
13 28,276 28,589 28,905 29,225 29,550 29,878 20,210 30,547
14 30,799 31,143 31,491 31,844 32,200 32,561 32,927 33,297
15 33,575 33,953 34,336 34,724 35,116 35,513 35,915 36,323
16 36,628 37,044 37,465 37,891 38,323 38,760 39,203 39,650
17 39,986 40,444 40,907 41,376 41,851 42,332 42,818 43,311
18 43,681 44,184 44,694 45,209 45,732 46,261 46,796 47,338
19 48,313 49,052 49,803 50,566 51,342 52,130 52,932 53,746
20 54,251 55,085 55,934 56,796 57,673 58,564 59,469 60,389
21 60,901 61,844 62,808 63,777 64,768 65,774 66,797 67,837
22 68,415 69,481 70,565 71,666 72,785 73,923 75,079 76,253
23 76,907 78,111 79,336 80,583 81,899 83,235 84,594 85,975
24 86,742 88,158 89,597 91,059 92,545 94,057 95,592 97,152
25 98,886 100,500 102,140 103,808 105,502 107,224 108,974 110,753
26 111,742 113,565 115,419 117,303 119,217 121,163 123,140 125,150
27 126,267 128,329 130,423 132,552 134,715 136,914 139,149 141,420
28 142,683 145,011 147,378 149,784 152,228 154,714 157,239 159,804
29 161,231 163,863 166,537 169,256 172,018 174,826 177,679 180,579
30 182,191 185,165 188,187 191,259 194,380 197,553 200,777 204,051
31 268,121 273,358 278,697 284,140 289,691 295,349 301,117 306,999
32 319,660 326,107 332,682 339,392 346,236 353,218 360,342 367,609
33 403,620 415,728





Third Tranche

Salary Grade Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Step 5 Step 6 Step 7 Step 8
1 12,517 12,621 12,728 12,834 12,941 13,049 13,159 13,268
2 13,305 13,406 13,509 13,613 13,718 13,823 13,929 14,035
3 14,125 14,234 14,343 14,454 14,565 14,676 14,790 14,903
4 14,993 15,109 15,224 15,341 15,459 15,577 15,698 15,818
5 15,909 16,032 16,155 16,279 16,404 16,530 16,657 16,784
6 16,877 17,007 17,137 17,269 17,402 17,535 17,670 17,806
7 17,899 18,037 18,176 18,315 18,455 18,598 18,740 18,884
8 18,998 19,170 19,343 19,518 19,694 19,872 20,052 20,233
9 20,402 20,572 20,745 20,918 21,093 21,269 21,447 21,626
10 22,190 22,376 22,563 22,752 22,942 23,134 23,327 23,522
11 25,439 25,723 26,012 26,304 26,600 26,901 27,205 27,514
12 27,608 27,892 28,180 28,471 28,766 29,065 29,367 29,673
13 29,798 30,111 30,427 30,747 31,072 31,400 31,732 32,069
14 32,321 32,665 33,013 33,366 33,722 34,088 34,449 34,819
15 35,097 35,475 35,858 36,246 36,638 37,035 37,437 37,845
16 38,150 38,566 38,987 39,413 39,845 40,282 40,725 41,172
17 41,508 41,966 42,429 42,898 43,373 43,854 44,340 44,833
18 45,203 45,706 46,216 46,731 47,254 47,783 48,318 48,860
19 49,835 50,574 51,325 52,088 52,864 53,652 54,454 55,268
20 55,799 56,633 57,432 58,344 59,221 60,112 61,017 61,937
21 62,449 63,892 64,351 65,325 66,316 67,322 68,345 69,385
22 69,963 71,029 72,113 73,214 74,333 75,471 76,627 77,801
23 78,455 79,659 80,884 82,133 83,474 84,836 86,220 87,628
24 88,410 89,853 91,320 92,910 94,325 95,865 97,430 99,020
25 100,788 102,433 104,105 105,804 107,531 109,286 110,70 112,883
26 113,891 115,749 117,639 119,558 121,510 123,493 125,508 127,557
27 128,696 130,797 132,931 135,101 137,306 139,547 141,825 144,140
28 145,427 147,800 150,213 152,664 155,155 157,689 160,262 162,877
29 164,332 167,015 169,740 172,511 175,326 178,188 181,096 184,052
30 185,695 133,726 191,806 194,937 198,118 201,352 204,638 207,978
31 273,278 278,615 284,057 289,605 295,262 301,028 306,908 312,902
32 325,807 332,378 339,080 345,918 352,894 360,011 367,272 374,678
33 411,382 423,723





Fourth Tranche

Salary Grade Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Step 5 Step 6 Step 7 Step 8
1 13,000 13,109 13,219 13,329 13,441 13,553 13,666 13,780
2 13,819 13,925 14,032 14,140 14,248 14,357 14,468 14,578
3 14,678 14,792 14,905 15,020 15,136 15,251 15,369 15,486
4 15,586 15,706 15,827 15,948 16,071 16,193 16,318 16,443
5 16,543 16,671 16,799 16,928 17,057 17,189 17,321 17,453
6 17,553 17,685 17,824 17,962 18,100 18,238 18,379 18,520
7 18,620 18,763 18,907 19,053 19,198 19,346 19,494 19,644
8 19,744 19,923 20,104 20,285 20,468 20,653 20,840 21,029
9 21,211 21,388 21,567 21,747 21,929 22,112 22,297 22,483
10 23,176 23,370 23,565 23,762 23,961 24,161 24,369 24,567
11 27,000 27,284 27,573 27,865 28,161 28,462 28,766 29,075
12 29,165 29,449 29,737 30,028 30,323 30,622 30,924 31,230
13 31,320 31,633 31,949 32,269 32,594 32,922 33,254 33,591
14 33,843 34,187 34,535 34,888 35,244 35,605 35,971 36,341
15 36,619 36,997 37,380 37,768 38,160 38,557 38,959 39,367
16 39,672 40,088 40,509 40,935 41,367 41,804 42,247 42,694
17 43,030 43,488 43,951 44,420 44,895 45,376 45,862 46,355
18 46,725 47,228 47,738 48,253 48,776 49,305 49,840 50,382
19 51,357 52,096 52,847 53,610 54,386 55,174 55,976 56,790
20 57,347 58,181 59,030 59,892 60,769 61,660 62,565 63,485
21 63,997 64,940 65,899 66,873 67,864 68,870 69,893 70,933
22 71,511 72,577 73,661 74,762 75,881 77,019 78,175 79,349
23 80,003 81,207 82,432 83,683 85,049 86,437 87,847 89,281
24 90,078 91,548 93,043 94,562 96,105 97,674 99,268 100,888
25 102,690 104,366 106,069 107,800 109,560 111,348 113,166 115,012
26 116,040 117,933 119,858 121,814 123,803 125,823 127,876 129,964
27 131,124 133,264 135,440 137,650 139,897 142,180 144,501 146,859
28 148,171 150,589 153,047 155,545 158,083 160,664 163,286 165,951
29 167,432 170,166 172,943 175,766 178,634 181,550 184,513 187,525
30 189,199 192,286 195,425 198,615 201,856 205,151 208,499 211,902
31 278,434 283,872 289,416 295,069 300,833 306,708 312,699 318,806
32 331,954 338,649 345,478 352,445 359,553 366,804 374,202 381,748
33 419,144 431,718





The rates in the above Salary Schedule represent monthly remuneration for regular or contractual personnel, whether appointive or elective, and on full time employment. The remuneration for those on part-time basis shall be proportionate to the actual services rendered.

Casual personnel shall be paid daily wage rate computed by dividing the corresponding monthly salary rate in the above schedule by twenty-two (22) working days.

Section 8. Mid-Year Bonus. - As part of the Incentives under the Total Compensation Framework, the Mid-Year bonus equivalent to one (1) month basic salary as of May 15 of a given year, shall be granted to those who have rendered at least four (4) months of satisfactory service and are still in the service as of same date, to be given not earlier than May 15 of every year.

The existing Year-End Bonus equivalent to one (1) month basic salary and Cash Gift of Five thousand pesos (P5,000.00), which are categorized under the Standard Allowances and Benefits component of the Total Compensation Framework, shall be given in November of every year.

Section 9. Program on Awards and Incentives for Service Excellence (PRAISE). - The PRAISE instituted by the Civil Service Commission (CSC) pursuant to the provisions of Executive Order No. 292 (Administrative Code of 1987) stipulating the establishment of an employee suggestions and incentive awards system, shall be categorized under the Incentive component of the Total Compensation Framework. The guidelines on the monetary and/or non-monetary rewards for recognition of personnel under the PRAIASE shall be issued by the CSC in consultation with the DBM.

Section 10. Compensation Adjustment for Personnel of Local Government Units. - The modified Salary schedule and additional Incentives authorized herein may be granted to personnel of LGUs subject to compliance with the Personnel Services (PS) limitation in the LGU budget under Section 325 and 331 of Republic Act No. 7160 and authorization from the Sanggunian as provided under Sections 447(a), 458(a) and 468(a) of Republic Act No. 7160.

In the implementation of the salary increases, LGUs shall likewise ensure compliance with the following:

(a) The salaries of LGU personnel that may be authorized shall correspond to the LGU's income classification and shall not exceed the percentage of the Salary Schedule in Section 7 hereof, as follows:

Percentage of the Salary Schedule

 For Provinces/Cities For Municipalities
Special Cities 100%
1st Class 100% 90%
2nd Class 95% 85%
3rd Class 90% 80%
4th Class 85% 75%
5th Class 80% 70%
6th Class 75% 65%

(b) The basic pay of barangay personnel shall be in the form of honoraria consistent with Republic Act No. 7160, which shall not exceed the percentage of the Salary Schedule corresponding to the income classification of the LGU. They may be given Year-End Bonus based on the monthly honoraria as of October 31 of the year and Cash Gift of Five thousand pesos (P5,000.00)

However, the minimum Year-End Bonus of One thousand pesos (P1,000.00) for the Punong Barangay and Six hundred pesos (P600.00) for other mandatory barangay officials shall not be subject to the PS limitation.

(c) In case of partial implementation of the authorized compensation rates, the same shall be at uniform percentage across all positions for every LGU.

Section 11. Implementation Schedule. - For personnel of national government agencies (NGAs), the Salary Schedule in Section 7 hereof shall be implemented in four (4) tranches, with the first tranche beginning on January 1, 2020, the second tranche beginning on January 1, 2021, the third tranche beginning on January 1, 2022, and the fourth tranche beginning on January 1, 2023.

For personnel of GOCCs and LGUs, the implementation period shall not be less than four (4) years depending on their financial capabilities: Provided, That the initial implementation shall not be earlier than January 1, 2020.

Section 12. Exempt Entities. - Exempt entities refer to: (a) government agencies that are not covered by the CPCS authorized under Republic Act No. 6758, as amended; (b) GOCCs governed by the (CPCS) established by GCG under Republic Act No. 10149; and (c) those authorized by law and have actually adopted their own compensation and position classification system.

Exempt entities shall be governed by their respective compensation and position classification systems which shall be made effective upon the recommendation of the DBM or GCG, as the case may be, and approval by the President of the Philippines.

Section 13. Applicability to Certain Officials. - Pursuant to Section 6 of article VII and Section 10 of Article VI of the Constitution, the salaries authorized herein for the President of the Philippines, Vice-President of the Philippines and Members of Congress shall take effect only after the expiration of the respective terms of the present incumbents.

Section 14. Funding Sources. - The funding sources for the amounts necessary to implement this Act shall be as follows:

(a) For NGAs, the amount needed for the salary adjustment in FY 2020 shall be charged against any available appropriations in FY 2020 General Appropriations Act and any other available and valid appropriations. Thererafter, such amounts as are needed shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act.

(b) For GOCCs, the amounts shall come from their respective corporate funds in the corporate operating budgets approved by the DBM.ℒαwρhi৷ GOCCs which do not have sufficient funds shall only partially implement the rates of compensation authorized herein: Provided, That any partial implementation shall be at uniform proportion of such rates for all positions in each GOCC.

(c) For LGUs, the amounts shall be charged against their respective local government funds in accordance with the pertinent provisions of this Act and Republic Act No. 7160.

Section 15. Implementing Guidelines. - The DBM shall issue the guidelines necessary to implement specific provisions of this Act.

Section 16. Separability Clause.- If, for any reason, any section or provision of this Act is declared to be unconstitutional or invalid, the other sections or provisions hereof which are not affected thereby shall continue to be in full force and effect.

Section 17. Applicability of Presidential Decree No. 985 as Amended by Presidential Decree No. 1597 and Other Related Laws. - All provisions of Presidential Decree No. 985, as amended by Presidential Decree No. 1997; Republic Act No. 6758; Joint Resolution No. 1, series of 1994; Joint Resolution No. 4, series of 2009; and Executive Order No. 201, series of 2016, which are not inconsistent with, expressly modified, revoked or repealed in this Act shall continue to be in full force and effect.

Section 18. Repealing Clause.- All laws, decrees, orders, rules or regulations or parts thereof inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed, amended, or modified accordingly.

Section 19. Effectivity.- This Act shall take effect on January 1, 2020.

Approved,

(SGD.) ALAN PETER S. CAYETANO
Speaker of the House of Representatives		 (SGD.) VICENTE C. SOTTO III
President of the Senate

This Act was passed by the Senate of the Philippines and the House of Representatives on December 16, 2019 and December 18, 2019, respectively.

(SGD.) JOSE LUIS G. MONTALES
Secretary General House of Representatives		 (SGD.) MYRA MARIE D. VILLARICA
Secretary of the Senate

Approved: JAN 08 2020

(SGD.) RODRIGO ROA DUTERTE
President of the Philippines 


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