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LETTER OF INSTRUCTIONS NO. 1019 -
DIRECTING A MORE AGGRESSIVE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE MERIT INCREASE
PROGRAM IN THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT |
Agency of the National Government
The Minister of the Budget
The Chairman, Civil Service Commission
WHEREAS, performance is the basic factor considered for promotion and salary increase;
WHEREAS, across the board salary increases are inconsistent with the merit recognition program of government personnel administration and cannot always be supported by available government funding;
WHEREAS, LOI No. 562 issued on June 23, 1977, established a mechanism for merit increase in Government;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, do hereby Order a more aggressive implementation of the merit increase program to reward the most deserving government employees;
1.
All heads of Ministry/Bureau/Office/Agency of the national government
shall implement more systematically and aggressively the merit increase
programs as provided by LOI No. 562.
2. The
Minister of the Budget shall set aside P83 MILLION IN CY 1980, for the
purpose of doubling the amount originally provided for merit
increase purposes in the CY 1980 budget program. This shall be charged
to the Salary Adjustment Fund.
3. The
Minister of the Budget and the Chairman, Civil Service Commission,
shall review the existing rules and regulations and criteria for merit
increases with the aim of expanding those originally provided
under LOI No. 562, liberalizing their applicability and of
enabling job performance to be more amply and expeditiously rewarded.
4. No salary
increases shall be given on the ground that the employee is retiring in
the near future and for the purpose of enabling him to collect a
greater retirement gratuity. The Minister of the Budget and the
Chairman of the Civil Service Commission shall define and
otherwise establish the necessary criteria so as to prevent
"pre-retirement" increases.
5. Each
Ministry/Bureau/Office/Agency of the government shall have a Merit
Increase Committee which shall be responsible for evaluating proposals
for merit increase and for recommending on these to the agency head
concerned. All proposals for merit increase shall be posted on an
agency bulletin board or otherwise made known to agency officials and
employees prior to recommendation/approval, so as to allow
employee opinion and protests to be duly heard and considered. The
Chairman of the Civil Service Commission shall establish an appeals
mechanism.
6. A merit
increase shall not be automatically carried over to a higher position
by an employee who had earlier been granted a merit increase. In
general, good performance may be recognized by a merit increase, by
promotion to a higher position, or both. The Minister of the Budget and
the Chairman of the Civil Service Commission shall determine the
circumstances under which merit increases may be carried to a higher
position.
7. The rules
and regulations needed to implement this Letter shall be formulated
jointly by the Minister of the Budget and the Chairman of the Civil
Service Commission.
Done in the City of Manila, this 12th day of May, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and eighty.
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