Title
Pay and Leave Protection for Military Training Officials
Law
Executive Order No. 201
Decision Date
Apr 15, 1939
Manuel L. Quezon's Executive Order No. 201 ensures that government officials and employees fulfilling military training or active duty in the Philippine Army retain their positions and pay during their absence.

Purpose and policy

  • Executive Order No. 201 protects government military training officials and employees from losing their position or experiencing decreased pay due to fulfillment of military obligations.
  • Executive Order No. 201 ensures pay and position protection applies during training, after completion when selected for additional training, and during defined service periods related to military training.

Amended pay and position protection rule

  • Paragraph 1 of Executive Order No. 99 is amended by replacing it with the rule that no qualifying official or employee shall be compelled to lose position or suffer any decrease of pay due to absence for military obligations.
  • The protection covers an official or employee of the Government who is while undergoing trainee instruction.
  • The protection covers an official or employee of the Government upon completion of trainee instruction when selected for additional training to qualify as a commissioned or non-commissioned officer of the Reserve Force.
  • The protection covers an official or employee of the Government while undergoing service in the training cadre as R. O. T. C. student.
  • The protection covers an official or employee of the Government who has been called to regular annual active duty training, or to an extended tour of active duty in the Philippine Army, in case he holds a commission in the Reserve Force.
  • The protection applies where absence is attributable to fulfillment of military obligations.

Who is protected; what is prohibited

  • The prohibited consequence is being compelled to lose his position.
  • The prohibited consequence is suffering any decrease of pay whatsoever.
  • The prohibition applies due to absence in the fulfillment of his military obligations.
  • The rule applies only to officials or employees meeting the described military-training or duty conditions.
  • The rule applies where the person holds a commission in the Reserve Force for cases involving regular annual active duty training or extended tour of active duty.

Revocation of prior executive issuance

  • Executive Order No. 162 dated September 5, 1938 is revoked in its entirety.
  • No other conditions, exceptions, or replacement provisions are stated in connection with the revocation.

Signature and compliance mechanics

  • Executive Order No. 201 becomes effective through its issuance by the President on April 15, 1939.
  • Executive Order No. 201 amends Executive Order No. 99 specifically by changing Paragraph 1 to the new protection rule.
  • The compliance directive is directly framed as a prohibition: officials or employees shall not be compelled to lose position or suffer pay decreases due to the specified military obligations.

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