Congress on Wednesday night approved the measure that increases the salary of government employees starting January 2020 up to 2023.
Senator Joel Villanueva, chair of the Senate committee on labor and employment, said there is no need for a bicameral conference committee meeting on the proposed fifth round of the Salary Standardization Law , as both the Senate and the House versions of the bill “are exactly of the same title and wordings.”
“And with no disagreement with the House and Senate versions, we move to direct the Secretariat to immediately enroll the bill,” he added. The Senate approved its own version of the bill last Monday, Dec. 16, voting 21-1 with Senate minority leader Franklin Drilon abstaining from the voting on the measure.
A total of P130.45-billion would be needed to implement the four tranches of the SSL 5, with P33.16-billion as the funding requirement for 2020.
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