QuestionsQuestions (DBM CIRCULAR LETTER NO. 7-96)
It determines the step increments due to length of service of officials whose positions are allocated to Salary Grade (SG) 30 to 32.
It provides only a single step (the 1st step) for Salary Grades 30 to 32.
EOs No. 164, 218, and 290.
Each of those EOs provides eight (8) steps for Salary Grades 30 to 32.
Use the prescribed salary steps found in the interim salary schedules provided under EOs No. 164, 218, and 290.
The interim salary schedules under the EOs (No. 164, 218, and 290) must be used to determine the appropriate step increment due to length of service.
It means that RA 6758 alone does not supply the needed multiple-step structure; instead, the multi-step structure from the relevant EOs (as reflected in their interim salary schedules) is used for step increments.
The interim salary schedules prescribed under EOs No. 164, 218, and 290 for SG 30 to 32.
It states that officials’ appropriate step increments due to length of service should be determined using the prescribed steps in the interim salary schedules under the cited EOs.
It directs how to determine the step increments—by using the interim salary schedules with eight steps under the cited EOs.
“Please be guided accordingly,” meaning the rule on using the interim salary schedules should be followed.
Salvador M. Enriquez, Jr., Secretary of the Department of Budget and Management (DBM).
It was adopted on March 4, 1996 (dated March 04, 1996).
It resolves the mismatch by prescribing the interim salary schedules under the EOs to govern step increments, even though RA 6758 shows only a single step for SG 30 to 32.
It indicates the controlling reference for determining the step increments for length of service despite RA 6758’s single-step presentation for SG 30 to 32.