Preamble
WHEREAS, the Constitution provides for the standardization of compensation of government officials and employees, including those in government-owned or controlled corporations, taking into account the nature of the responsibilities pertaining to and the qualifications required for, the positions concerned; WHEREAS, the Integrated Reorganization Plan provides that a comprehensive re-examination of the present classification and pay plans be undertaken; WHEREAS, it has been the policy of the national government to pay its employees on the principle of equal pay for substantially equal work" and to base differences in pay among them in accordance with the difficulty of their duties and responsibilities; WHEREAS, to implement this policy, the Classification and Compensation Plans were adopted and initially implemented by the national government in 1957; WHEREAS, no less than forty percent of the total national budget is devoted to personal services costs and therefore it is of vital necessity and importance to regulate and monitor the rate of increase of this portion of the national government budget; WHEREAS, disparities in pay among similar or comparable positions give rise to dissension and dissatisfaction among government employees and is inimical to sound public administration; and WHEREAS, there has arisen a need to rationalize and further standardize government salary scales as a result of salary disparities among government agencies and corporations. NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution, and in order to effect desired changes in the civil service, do hereby decree and order the following reform measure: