Definitions of Key Terms
- Class: Positions or groups similar in duties, responsibilities, qualifications, and pay.
- Grade: Horizontal divisions within a service, reflecting levels of compensation and qualifications.
- Group: Vertical divisions by profession, vocation, or specialization.
- Compensation: Salary, wages, allowances, or emoluments of employees.
- Board: Refers to the Salary Board.
Classification and Salary Grades
- Ten salary grades established, each with specified annual compensation rates.
- Grade 1 includes highest responsibility roles requiring technical training and extended experience.
- Grades progress downward to Grade 10, which includes simplest routine or unskilled tasks.
Established Services
- Seven services defined:
- Administrative Service (10 grades)
- Professional and Scientific Service (8 grades)
- Educational Service (9 grades)
- Navigation Service (10 grades)
- Vigilance Service (10 grades)
- Subprofessional Service (7 grades)
- Craft and Labor Service (7 grades)
- Each service covers positions characterized by specific job functions and qualification requirements.
Special Groups Exempted from Classification
- Executive Group: Includes Department Secretaries, Undersecretaries, Commissioners, and other top officials with fixed annual salaries ranging from 6,000 to 12,000 pesos.
- Judicial Group: Includes justices and judges of various courts, with detailed salary rates and provisions for justices of the peace.
Deductions for Privileges
- Deductions allowed for quarters, subsistence, laundry, and domestic services as determined by the Board.
- Exceptions include light keepers, marine officers, employees required to live in government quarters, and hospital employees wearing uniforms.
- Enforcement depends on implementation of salary rates.
Compensation Differentials
- Additional pay may be granted for hazardous or unsocial working conditions, subject to a maximum of 25% aggregate of basic pay.
- Differential categories include:
- Exposure to contagion or mentally deranged patients (up to 15%).
- Work in crime-prone areas without police protection (up to 15%).
- Work hours outside usual times (up to 10%).
- Requirement to wear uniform not provided by the government (up to 5%).
Prohibition on Receiving Private Compensation
- Government employees are prohibited from receiving additional compensation from private persons for official services.
Salary Board Composition
- Consists of the Commissioner of Civil Service (Chairman), Commissioner of the Budget, and Auditor General.
Powers and Duties of the Salary Board
- Establish groups, grades, titles, duties, minimum qualifications, and fix compensation rates.
- Adjust experiential requirements for positions.
- Create new groups or modify existing ones.
- Set procedures for compensation of special types of employment.
- Classify all positions at enactment and thereafter.
- Conduct periodic reviews and reclassification.
- Make necessary rules and regulations to implement the Act.
Support Personnel for the Board
- The President may assign government employees to assist the Board.
- May appoint an executive officer with a term not exceeding one year.
Adjustments of Compensation
- Employee compensation adjusted to at least the minimum salary of their grade.
- No salary reduction for employees already earning above their grade’s maximum.
- Salaries not on fixed steps are adjusted to the next higher rate.
Funding for Salary Adjustments
- Excess funds from appropriations may be used to cover salary adjustments under the Act at the President’s discretion.
Salary Rate Limitations
- Initial appointments must be at minimum grade salary barring specific exceptions.
- Grade 10 could have entrance salary at maximum rate fixed by the Board.
Temporary Employment Clarification
- The Act does not convert temporary appointments into permanent appointments.
Classification and Salary Payment Enforcement
- Salaries not payable for positions not classified and allocated by the Board after initial classification date.
Appropriations for Implementation
- Initial appropriation of P15,000 for salaries, expenses, and equipment of the Salary Board.
Repealed Laws
- Act No. 2668 and specific sections of the Administrative Code and Commonwealth Act No. 165 repealed.
Effective Date
- The Act takes effect upon approval on September 13, 1938.