Question & AnswerQ&A (EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 76)
All civilian personnel in the Executive, Legislative, and Judicial Branches, Constitutional Commissions/Offices, State Universities and Colleges, GOCCs, GFIs, and LGUs, whether regular, casual, or contractual, appointive or elective, full-time or part-time, now existing or future positions are covered.
Excluded are individuals engaged through job orders, contract of services, and civilian personnel in government entities exempted from R.A. No. 6758, authorized by law to adopt their own compensation and classification systems approved by the Office of the President.
It took effect on June 1, 2012, except for the President of the Philippines, Vice President, and Cabinet Secretaries, for whom it took effect on July 1, 2012.
Military personnel under the Department of National Defense (DND) and uniformed personnel under the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG), Philippine Coast Guard (PCG), and National Mapping and Resource Information Authority (NAMRIA) are covered.
It is determined by the sanggunian based on the LGU income class and financial capability, and salaries must not exceed certain percentages of the national salary rates and must comply with PS limitations in LGU budgets under Sections 325(a) and 331(b) of R.A. No. 7160.
No, there shall be no diminution in the basic salaries of incumbents for purposes of complying with PS limitation.
No increase in their compensation shall take effect until after the expiration of the full term of all the Members of both chambers who approved such increase, pursuant to Section 10, Article VI of the Philippine Constitution.
For NGAs, from the Miscellaneous Personnel Benefits Fund (MPBF) in the FY 2012 GAA and available savings; for GOCCs and GFIs, from their corporate funds; and for LGUs, from their respective local government funds.
They shall implement salary schedules with lower rates but maintain uniform percentages relative to the prescribed salary rates for their respective schedules and income classes.
The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) is tasked to prepare and issue the necessary rules and regulations to implement this EO.
The other provisions not affected shall remain valid and subsisting according to the separability clause.