Staff officers and employees.
SEC. 4. Staff officers and employees.—There shall be six classes of Foreign Service staff officers and employees, referred to hereafter as staff officers and employees. The basic salaries of staff officers and employees per annum shall be as follows:
Class I
P4,500.00
P4,800.00
P5,100.00
Class II
3,720.00
3,960.00
4,200.00
Class III
3,120.00
3,300.00
3,480.00
Class IV
2,580.00
2,760.00
2,940.00
Class V
1,800.00
1,920.00
2,040.00
Class VI
1,440.00
1,560.00
1,680.00
Salaries at which Foreign Service staff officers and employees may be appointed.
SEC. 5. Salaries at which Foreign Service staff officers and employees may be appointed.—A person appointed as a staff officer or employee in Classes I through V, inclusive, shall receive salary at the minimum rate provided for the class to which he is appointed, except as otherwise provided in this Act.
Salaries of alien clerks and employees.
SEC. 6. Salaries of alien clerks and employees.—The salary or compensation of an alien clerk or employee shall e fixed by the Secretary in accordance with such regulations as he shall prescribe pursuant to the provisions of "is Act, within the limits of the appropriation act, giving due weight to the rank and duties of the clerk or employee and the prevailing rates of salary at the post.
Administrative establishment of salary differentials.
SEC. 7. Administrative establishment of salary differentials.—Whenever the Secretary shall find and declare that the rates of salary provided for Foreign Service staff officers and employees in this Act are inadequate for any positions allocated to any particular class, he may, under such regulations as he may prescribe with the approval of the President, establish necessary schedules of differentials in the rates of salary prescribed for such class, but the differential in salary of a person holding any such position shall not exceed twenty-five per centum of the salary he would otherwise receive. Such differentials shall be granted only with respect to positions at posts at which extraordinarily difficult living conditions or excessive physical hardship prevail or at which notably unhealthful conditions exist. The Secretary shall prepare and maintain a list of such posts.
PART D.—COMPENSATION OF OFFICERS TEMPORARY IN CHARGE
