Governing the Minimum Wage for Government Employees

August 9, 1979

LETTER OF IMPLEMENTATION NO. 91

GOVERNING THE MINIMUM WAGE FOR GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES

WHEREAS, the recent oil price increase has triggered increases in prices of consumer items;

WHEREAS, the lowest level of employees in the national government is finding difficulty in adjusting to the present cost of living;

WHEREAS, the wages of employees in the private sector have already been adjusted to P13 per day pursuant to Presidential Decree No. 1614.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, do hereby order:

1. Emergency cost of living allowance (ECOLA) presently being received by employees of the national government shall be integrated into their respective evicting basic wage/salary.

2. All employees in the national government, including government-owned and controlled corporations, shall receive a daily wage of not less than P13.00 per day, or a salary of P390 per month, or P4,860 per annum established under P.D. No. 1614.

3. The increase in the daily wage or monthly or annual salary of an employee shall be based on the actual wage or salary including increases as a result of salary range upgradings, and percentage adjustments provided under Letter of Implementation Nos. 82, 85, 86 and 88, including the integrated ECOLA, but excluding subsistence, clothing, laundry and similar allowances already received.

4. Similar increases/upgradings in the wages/salaries of employees of the local government units may be implemented, subject to the availability of local funds and as the Joint Commission on Local Government Personnel Administration may authorize.

5. The rules and procedures for the proper implementation of this Letter of Implementation shall be issued by the Minister of the Budget.

6. This shall take effect on May 1, 1979.

DONE in the City of Manila, this 9th day of August, Nineteen Hundred and Seventy-Nine.