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Non-regular government workers will recieve a Christmas gift of up to P5,000 from President President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. this holiday season, but only if they ve served for at least four months of "actual satisfactory performance" as of December 15, 2022.
"It is only fitting that we look again at whether our government employees are still receiving enough, especially since the price of basic goods continues to rise. Next year, the last tranche of their salary increase. That s why we should visit and revise it again," Revilla said in Filipino.
The Department of Budget and Management is closing its doors to increasing the minimum wage of government workers to P33,000 as it reasons that a salary hike is scheduled for next year anyway under the Salary Standardization Law 5.
"This response is not enough. The present state of salaries and benefits of government workers requires more urgent and concrete response from the Bongbong Marcos administration, said COURAGE Secretary General Manny Baclagon.