Question & AnswerQ&A (EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 900)
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 hereafter created, are covered.
Excluded are individuals engaged through job orders or contracts of service, and civilian personnel in government entities exempted from R.A. No. 6758 and authorized by law to adopt and implement their own compensation systems approved by the Office of the President.
The implementation is effective June 24, 2010.
No, such officials and employees whose terms of office are conterminous with the incumbent President are excluded from the second tranche implementation.
Military personnel under the Department of National Defense (DND) and uniformed personnel under the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG), Philippine Coast Guard (PCG), and National Mapping and Resource Information Authority (NAMRIA) are covered.
The implementation is determined by the local sanggunian based on the LGU's income class and financial capability, with salary rates capped at certain percentages of NGAs' salary rates and subject to Personal Services cost limitations under R.A. No. 7160.
LGUs must ensure no diminution in the basic salaries of incumbents and that the resulting Personal Services cost does not exceed the PS limitation in their budgets.
No, pursuant to constitutional provisions (Section 6 Article VII and Section 10 of Article VI), their salaries are not covered by this Executive Order.
Funds come from the Miscellaneous Personnel Benefits Fund and available savings for NGAs, corporate funds for GOCCs and GFIs, and local government funds for LGUs.
They must implement salary schedules as uniform percentages of the prescribed rates based on their financial capability.
The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) is tasked with preparing and issuing the implementing rules and regulations.
The Executive Order took effect immediately upon signing on June 23, 2010.