Government Employees Situationer

Presented by COURAGE

Number of Government Personnel by Status of Appointment and Level of Position (CSC, 1999)

Level of Position Career Personnel

Permanent Temporary

Total 1,250,510 1,176,022 74,488

1st Level (SG 1-9) 521,428 489,891 31,537

2nd Level (SG 10 - 24) 709,429 670,667 38,762

3rd Level (SG25 up) 4,981 2,054 2,927

Non-Exec. Career 14,672 13,410 1,262

Statistics 1.445M Government Employees

Unions 1999 2007Registered 1,295

(276,354 mem.)

1591

NGA -619 GOCC -185

LGU- 569 SUC - 218

Accredited 430

(116,663 mem.)

663

NGA - 200 GOCC - 99

LGU - 257 SUC - 107

Registered CNA 94

(44,413 mem.)

246

NGA - 89 GOCC - 53

LGU - 63 SUC - 41

Source: CSC

Number of Central and Local Government Employees Personnel per 100 Population in Different Countries (Source: UP NCPAG)Country Personnel/100

Pop.Country Personnel/100

Pop.

Sweden (79) 14.7 Singapore (81) 5.4

Australia (80) 9.8 Malaysia (86) 4.5

UK (80) 9.6 S. Korea (81) 3.1

USA (81) 7.8 Sri Lanka (80) 3.0

New Zealand (81) 8.4 Thailand 2.9

W. Germany (80) 6.1 Philippines (83) 2.3

Japan (80) 4.1 Indonesia (85) 1.9

8 Lat Am. 4.6 India (81) 1.5

17 African 1.9 Pakistan (83) 1.5

2007 – 1.6

Rights of Government Employees: ILO Conventions

ILO Conventions #87- Freedom of Association and Protection of

the Right to Organize #98-Right to Organize and Collective Bargaining #151- Protection of the Right to Organize and

Procedures for Determining Conditions of Employment in the Public Service

Rights of Government Employees: The Philippine Constitution of 1987 Art II, Sec 18 - Labor as primary social economic force; Protect the

rights of workers and promote their welfare Art III, Sec. 8 – Right of the people, including those employed in the

public and private sectors, to form unions, asso., or societies. Art IX, B, Sec 2 (5) – Right to self-organization shall not be denied

to government employees Art IX, Sec 5 – Congress shall provide standardization of

compensation of all government officials and employees Art XIII, Sec. 3 – Full protection to labor; promote full employment;

guarantee the rights of all workers to self-organization, collective bargaining and negotiations, and peaceful concerted activities, including the right to strike in accordance with law; entitled to security of tenure, humane conditions of work, and a living wage; participate in policy and decision-making affecting their rights

Rights of Government Employees:Laws, Resolutions and Decisions

Civil Service Code Executive Order No.180 (June 1, 1987) Civil Service Commission Resolutions and

Circulars Public Sector Labor Management Council

Resolutions Supreme Court Decisions

Sahod, Trabaho at Karapatan (STK) Salaries, Jobs and Rights Main issues and problems confronting civil

servants can be generally classified under 3 items:

1. Salaries (including benefits)

2. Job security

3. Democratic and union rights

Basic rights of government employees are no different from the workers in the private sector

Salaries and Benefits Minimum gross pay (i.e. salary grade 1, step 1)

P5,590 per month Average salary – approx. P10,933 (SG 10 – mostly

teachers) Benefits/Allowances

Personnel Economic Relief Allowance P500/mo

Additional Compensation P1,500/mo

13th Month Pay

Cash Gift P5,000 p.a.

Clothing Allowance P4,000 p.a.

Loyalty Pay

Productivity Incentive Bonus P2,000 p.a.

0

2000

4000

6000

Nominal Pay Real Pay

88 89 94 97 00 01

600

2,000

4,4004,840

5,082

686

Comparison of Nominal vs. Real Pay of Government Employees (1988-2007)

07

P500 PERA

P500 AdCom

P1,000 AdCom

5,590

Aquino: 230% after 3 yrs.

Ramos: 120% started after 2 yrs.

Estrada: 15.5% after 3 yrs.

Arroyo: only 10% after 6 yrs.!

Benefits Denied to Government Employees

COLA stopped in 1989 (implementation of SSL or RA 6758)

Denial of Amelioration allowance and hazard pay

Medical allowance (some were converted to health insurance)

Salaries Compared to Cost of Living (NCR and National Average)

Nat’l Ave

P21.390

NCRP24,240

Rising Prices of Commodities

1. Since 2001 – prices of commodities have risen by 38% while salaries have only risen by 15.5% in the public sector and 18.6% in the private sector

2. Price of oil has risen to 275% since 2001

3. During the same period, the price of rice has risen by 27% (end of 2007)

SSL III Proposal Collapsing of salary grades from 33 to 22 (job

grades) Increase of only 3% (P5,590 to P5,800) for SG 1 Average increase of 50% (SG 18: P17,425 to

P26,469) for professionals/technical Increase of as much as 214% (SG 30: P31,762 to

P99,847!) for executives Effectively increasing the gap between the lowest

level employee to the highest official from about 12 fold to 22 fold

SSL “Benchmarking” (CSC,DBM)

0

50000

100000

150000

200000

250000

300000

SG 1 SG 10 SG 24 SG 33

PublicPrivate

Salary Increase: Proposed vs. Existing

PositionExisting Proposed Rate of Increase

Amount of Increase Over

Four Years

Average Increase Per Year (Nominal Value)

President 57,750.00 140,277.00 143% 82,527.00 20,631.75 Chief Justice, Senate President; House Speaker

46,200.00 125,247.00 171% 79,047.00 19,761.75

Legislators 40,425.00 111,828.00 177% 71,403.00 17,850.75

Managerial/SupervisorialSecretary 28,875.00 99,847.00 246% 70,972.00 17,743.00 Director 21,655.00 46,301.00 114% 24,646.00 6,161.50

Technical PositionDivision Chief 20,823.00 35,616.00 71% 14,793.00 3,698.25 Technical Position (Officer I) 9,318.00 14,618.00 57% 5,300.00 1,325.00

Clerical/Admin. Support PositionSG 8 8,709.00 11,245.00 29% 2,536.00 634.00 SG 1 5,082.00 5,800.00 14% 718.00 179.50

Sal. Grade Current GCA(JG) % Inc. Sal. Grade Current GCA(JG) % Inc.

1 5590.2 5800(1) 3.8 18 17425.1 26469(11) 51.9

2 6094 6844(2) 12.3 19 18471.2 26489(11) 43.4

3 6642.9 6844(2) 3.0 20 19578.9 26489(11) 35.3

4 7174.2 8076(3) 12.6 21 20361 26489(11) 30.1

5 7747.3 8076(3) 4.2 22 21176.1 30704(12) 45.0

6 8366.6 9530(4) 13.9 23 22022 30704(12) 39.4

7 8952.9 9530(5) 6.4 24 22916.3 35616(13) 55.4

8 9579.9 11245(6) 17.4 25 23820.5 46301(14) 94.4

9 10249.8 11245(6) 9.7 26 24773.1 52783(15) 113.1

10 10932.9 14618(7) 33.7 27 25764.2 60173(16) 133.6

11 11588.5 14618(7) 26.1 28 26794.9 68597(17) 156.0

12 12283.7 16957(8) 38.0 29 27866.3 78201(18) 180.6

13 13020.7 16957(8) 30.2 89149(19)

14 13800.6 19670(9) 42.5 30 31762.5 99847(19) 214.4

15 14630 19670(9) 34.4 31 44467.5 111828(20) 151.5

16 15507.8 22818(10) 47.1 32 50820 125247(21) 146.5

17 16438.4 22818(10) 38.8 33 63525 140277(22) 120.8

Increases range only from 3.0 to 17.4%

Increases range only from 26.1 to 55.4%

Increases range from 94.4 to 214.4%!

Expenditure RequirementP3,000 across-the-board salary increase -approximately P60B for all 1.445 M Government employees

Other than the budget which can be rechannleled from debt servicing, this can be sourced from the increase of national government revenues by 56% or P315B from 2001 (P567B) to 2006 (P882B)

Expenditure for social services and salary neglected

National Government Budget (in B of P)

Particulars 2001 2006 %age Inc/Dec

Education 117.1 131.2 12

Health 12.9 13.9 7.7

Social Security 35.4 40.1 13.3

Housing 1.8 1.7 (5.6)

Debt Servicing 274.4 748.43 273.0

10% Increase NegligibleIn real terms, will only result in a P559/mo increase for low level employees or P25/day

More beneficial for higher paid officials

“10% ‘Di sapat, P3,000 dapat!”

GSIS Issues

Premium-Based Policy and Auto CLIP/Cross Default Policy Non-remittance of premiums/Unreconciled records E-card anomalies (now GSIS E-Card Plus) Non-commensurate, delayed, unpaid retirement benefits Stoppage of contribution to Employees compensation No genuine representation to GSIS Board Misuse of funds/ Rampant Graft and Corruption Speculative/questionable investments (ex. EPCIB, Meralco) Increasing contributions Limiting survivorship benefits Repression of GSIS employees Questionable management of GIF (P2B Malacanang

Dividend) Edu-Child, Genesis program stoppage Housing loan policy

Sec. 10 , RA 8291 (GSIS Act of 1997) – “Computation of Service (a) The computation of service for the purpose of determining the amount of benefits payable under this Act shall be from the date of original appointment/election, including periods of service at different times under one or more employers…”

NOTE: LENGTH OF SERVICE ONLY. NOT LENGTH OF SERVICE WITH PREMIUM PAYMENTS

Threats to Job Security

Reorganization Executive Orders 366, 103 and others Pending Bills in Congress (restructuring of the

bureaucracy) Approximately affected -30,000 – 500,000

Privatization MWSS, NAPOCOR, Petron, PNB, PAL – approx. 25,000 Targetted- NFA, NHA, BIR, BOC, NPO, LWUA, water

districts, hospitals, state colleges/universities

Other threats to Job Security Contractualization

With employee-employer relationship With no employee-employer relationship Job-out/Service agency; “Business process

outsourcing” Casualization

Emergency work; minimal benefits; no security of tenure

Actual Effect on Jobs

Between April ’04 to April ’05, more than 126,000 jobs in the public sector have been lost (Phil. Labor Force Survey)

Actual proposals for some agencies

Agency Proposals

NFA 1500 of 5000 will remain (original proposal)

ATI 200 positions to be abolished

NEDA 20% reduction & merged w/ DBM

DSWD 1,000+ regular positions converted to contractual/casual/etc.

DENR Conversion of line bureaus to staff bureaus; merging of div.

Curtailment of Democratic and Union Rights No right to strike; EO 180, SC decisions Limited negotiable provisions in CNA; excluded are

those which require appropriations (such as increase in salaries) and management prerogatives (such as appointments, promotions, etc.)

Cabinet deferment of CNA economic benefits including signing bonus (March 2002)

CSC Resolution on prohibition on mass actions Political repression and killings; 5 documented killings,

1 attempted murder

COURAGE’s Call P3,000 Across-the-Board salary increase and return

COLA including backpay Respect our jobs and security of tenure; regularization of

casuals, contractuals, job orders, etc.;Junk policy of mass lay-off thru E.O. 366 (Rationalization), Reorganization and Privatization)

Protection of workers funds; Institute genuine reforms in GSIS; prosecute and investigate GSIS PGM Winston Garcia

Demand for genuine public sector union rights; right to strike; Collective Negotiations Agreement (CNA); repeal of E.O. 180; fight against repression and EJKs

Struggle for truth and justice, including demand for GMA’s resignation

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