The House Bill 6268 was approved by the lower chamber
considering that the bill only had its second reading last November 11. The
approval was made possible with votes of 170-5 and one abstention.
The SSL 2015 aims to standardize the salary increase of the
government employees within a span of four tranches from 2016-2019. Moreover,
the SSL 2015 would elevate the most basic Salary Grade 1 from Php 9,000- Php
11,069 per month which made the average employees in the AFP really happy.
“Masayang masaya ako kasi sa 2016 magkakaroon na ng
pandagdag sa mga gastusin at malaking tulong talaga siya,” air woman 2nd
class Maceh Necio explains.
The SSL 2015 is solidly supported by President Benigno
Aquino III after the budget department conducted a thorough study on merits of
adjusting the salary grades of public sector employees to their counterparts in
the private sector.
However, the bill still has to pass through the committee
level in the Senate. According to Rep. Antonio Tinio of Act Teachers Partylist,
he opposed SSL for it only implements worthless sums to ordinary employees and
it is also dependent on the bonuses instead of increasing trhe salaries per se.
Muntinlupa Rep. Rodolfo Biazon, who is a former AFP Chief,
abstained from voting after citing a conflict of interest since SSL 2015
disables the indexation of the pension benefits of retired military personnel
like him. \
But such negative remarks won’t take the spirits of the AFP
employees down. As airman 2nd class Dexter Oratia mentioned,
“increase pa rin naman yan eh. Pangtawid din yan sa araw-araw.”
http://dwdd.com.ph/2015/high-morale-salary-standardization-law-approved-barracks-rejoiced/
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