Legal basis and governing salary frameworks
- The circular letter instructs that the Salary Schedule under Republic Act No. 6758 provides only a single 1st step for Salary Grades 30 to 32.
- The circular letter relies on Executive Orders (EOs) No. 164, 218 and 290 as providing eight (8) steps for Salary Grades 30 to 32.
- The circular letter directs that the interim salary schedules under the cited EOs control the step determination for officials in these grades.
Purpose and operational intent
- The circular letter establishes how to determine step increments due to length of service for officials whose positions fall under Salary Grade 30 to 32.
- The circular letter resolves the difference between the single 1st step in the RA 6758 salary schedule and the eight (8) steps in the EO interim salary schedules.
Coverage: who and what
- The circular letter applies to officials whose positions are allocated to Salary Grades 30 to 32.
- The circular letter applies to the computation of the appropriate step increments due to length of service for those officials.
- The circular letter uses the term “prescribed salary steps” to refer to the step pattern used for determining service-based increments.
Core rule for step increments
- Officials in Salary Grades 30 to 32 are determined using the prescribed salary steps from the interim salary schedules under EOs No. 164, 218 and 290.
- Officials whose positions are allocated to the covered grades must use the eight (8) steps structure for determining length-of-service step increments.
- The determination must be made by applying the interim salary schedules provided under the cited EOs.
Guidance and compliance instruction
- Agencies and officials must be guided accordingly in applying the circular letter’s step-determination rule.