ADOPTING A COMPENSATION SCHEME FOR THE CAREER EXECUTIVE SERVICE AND RELATED MATTERS

• Number: Presidential Decree No. 847
• Sections: 8

Preamble

WHEREAS, a Career Executive Service has been created under

the Integrated Reorganization Plan approved by Presidential Decree No. 1

dated 24 September 1972, to form a continuing pool of well-selected and

development oriented career administrators who shall provide competent

and faithful service;

WHEREAS, the Career Executive Service Board has been

directed by Letter of Instructions No. 146 dated 14, November

1973 to formulate rules, standards and procedures covering the Career

Executive Service, particularly the compensation of the members of the

Service;

WHEREAS, Career Executive Service Officers have already been

appointed into the Career Executive Service upon recommendation of the

Career Executive Service Board;

WHEREAS, a Compensation Scheme has been recommended by the

Career Executive Service Board to be adopted for members of the Career

Executive Service;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the

Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution,

do hereby decree and order the following:

Section 1

SECTION 1. The following Compensation Scheme, as recommended

by the Career Executive Service Board pursuant to the provisions of the

Integrated Reorganization Plan approved by Presidential Decree No. 1

dated 24 September 1972, for members of the Career Executive Service is

hereby adopted:

Rank

Salary Levels

Positions Covered

RANK I

Undersecretary

Grade 2

P41,232

Grade 1

39,240

RANK II

Grade 5

39,240

Assistant Secretary

Grade 4

37,344

Bureau Director

Grade 3

35,532

Regional Director

Grade 2

33,816

(Department-wide

regionalization)

Grade 1

32,184

RANK III

Grade 5

32,184

Assistant Bureau Director

Grade 4

30,624

Assistant Regional Director

Grade 3

29,148

Grade 2

27,732

(Department-wide

regionalization)

Grade 1

26,388

RANK IV

Grade 4

26,388

Regional Director

Grade 3

25,116

(Bureau-wide

regionalization)

Grade 2

23,892

Grade 1

22,728

Chief, Department Service

RANK V

Grade 4

22,728

Assistant Regional Director

Grade 3

21,624

(Bureau-wide

regionalization)

Grade 2

20,580

Grade 1

19,584

Section 2

SEC. 2. Original appointments as well as promotional

appointments of Career Executive Service Officers shall be issued by the

President upon recommendation of the Career Executive Board to the

appropriate rank, grade, and salary. Subsequent to such original or

promotional appointments, salary increases to higher grades within rank

of Career Executive Service Board in accordance with rules and

regulations which the Board may promulgate pursuant to Paragraph 5,

Article IV, Part III of the Integrated Reorganization Plan.

Section 3

SEC. 3. As a general rule, the salaries of Career Executive

Service Officers shall start at Grade 2 of the corresponding rank in

this Compensation Scheme and those of incumbents of and new appointees

to Career Executive Service positions who are not Career Executive

Service Officers shall start at Grade 1 of the corresponding rank:

Provided, That in the case of said incumbents who are not members of the

Career Executive Service, subsequent salary increases and/or rank

promotions may be granted only after satisfactory completion of the

Career Executive Service Development Program and compliance with such

requirements as the Board shall set: Provided, further, That nothing

herein stated shall reduce any salary received by any incumbent of any

Executive Service position as a consequence of the implementation of the

herein Compensation Scheme, except that the salary of his successor

shall be in conformity with this Scheme.

Section 4

SEC. 4. This Compensation Scheme shall govern salaries

of all existing positions within the Career Executive Service, and of

all positions as may hereafter be created within the Career Executive

Service, and likewise of all positions as may be determined to be of

equivalent category by the Career Executive Service Board.

Section 5

SEC. 5. The President may, in cases of appointments to

positions in the Career Executive Service of individuals possessing

specialized skills and exceptional talent, authorize a salary higher

than the salary provided for in the Scheme.

Section 6

SEC. 6. This Compensation Scheme shall be implemented

upon approval.

Section 7

SEC. 7. This Decree shall take effect upon approval.

Done in the City of Manila, this 16th day of December, in

the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-five.

(Sgd.)

FERDINAND E. MARCOS

President

Republic of the Philippines

By the President:

(Sgd.)

JACOBO C. CLAVE

Presidential Executive Assistant