House of Representative Top Officials said on Monday, November 9,2015 that they will immediately act the recommendation of President Benigno Aquino III which is to increase the basic salary of government workers under the Salary Standardization Law(SSL). Approprations Committee chairman Isidro Ungab said that If this would implement a revised salary scale is 57.9 billion, Congress should do some adjustments and he also said that it is additional money needed will come under Miscellaneous and Personal Benefit Fund or MPBF and the Pension and Gratuity fund or PGF.
Upon the constitution of Law, the proposal must increase 27 percent from the basic salary of government employee. Nowadays, most citizen are government employees. If this will happen, the government worker would be grateful because it also a additional income to thier family and also it is a big help for them especially to those government worker that had many children and also it is a good news for those worker that havent yet receive a higher salary.