CHRONOLOGY OF EVENTS:
SBMA SALARY ADJUSTMENT
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JANUARY 14, 1999
- MALACANANG APPROVED
THE REQUEST OF THEN CHAIRMAN PAYUMO AND GAVE THE AUTHORITY TO THE SBMA BOARD OF
DIRECTORS TO ADOPT A COMPENSATION AND BENEFIT SCHEME AT PAR WITH THAT OF BCDA CONSIDERING
BOTH ENTITIES PERFORMS SIMILAR FUNCTIONS.
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SEPTEMBER 1,
2000 SBMA IMPLEMENTED SALARY
ADJUSTMENT BASED ON THE 1999 BCDA RATES
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JUNE 2007
SBMA REQUESTED THE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT TO
AUTHORIZE THE SBMA BOARD TO EFFECT THE CHANGES IN SALARY SCALE IN ORDER TO MAKE
THE COMPENSATION AND BENEFIT SCHEME OF SBMA AT PAR WITH THAT OF THE BCDA. (NOT
GRANTED)
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19TH SEPTEMBER
2008 - SBMA BOARD OF DIRECTORS ISSUED RESOLUTION NO. 08-580
APPROVING THE PROPOSED SALARY ADJUSTMENT
FOR EMPLOYEES WITH SALARY GRADE 24 AND BELOW BASED ON BCDA 2005 SALARY
RATES. (GRANTED)
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JULY 3,
2011 SBMA BOARD OF DIRECTORS APPROVED
THE ADOPTION OF SALARY 2009BCDA RATES IN THREE TRANCHES. THE 1ST TRANCHE
AMOUNTING TO 10% ACROSS THE BOARD BEGINNING JULY 2011. THE SUCCEEDING TWO
TRANCHES SHOULD BE SUBJECT TO FURTHER REVIEW OF THE BOARDS FINANCE &
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEES. (NOT IMPLEMENTED )
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1ST TRANCHE
10% OF EXISTING BASIC SALARY OR PHP 1,000 EFFECTIVE JULY 2011
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2ND TRANCHE
10% OF EXISTING BASIC SALARY OR PHP 1,000 EFFECTIVE JAN 2012
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3RD TRANCHE
FULL IMPLEMENTATION OF 2009 BCDA SALARY RATES EFFECTIVE JULY 2012
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JULY 7, 2011 SBMA
WRITES THE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT FOR THE GRANT OF 10% SALARY INCREASE FOR SBMA EMPLOYEES. (NOT
GRANTED/NOT IMPLEMENTED )
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DECEMBER 5, 2011 SBMA
WRITES AN URGENT FOLLOW-UP LETTER TO THE REQUEST DATED JULY 7, 2011 APPEALING
FOR FAVORABLE ACTION BEFORE YEAR ENDS TO HON. FLORENCIO ABAD JR. , DBM
SECRETARY.
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JUNE 26,
2013 SBMA WROTE A LETTER TO HON. ARNEL PACIANO CASSANOVA,
PRES. & CEO OF BCDA REQUESTING FOR INFORMATION REGARDING BCDA’S LATEST
SALARY SCALE AS BASIS FOR SBMA SALARY INCREASE.
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JULY 8,
2014
- SBMA EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION (SEA) WRITE TO THE HON. SEN. ANTONIO TRILLANES IV
ASKING FOR HELP TO IMPLEMENT SALARY STANDARDIZATION LAW (SSL III TRANCHE 4 ) TO
SBMA EMPLOYEES. SEA ARGUES THAT THE LAW APPLIES TO ALL AND SSL IS
THE STANDARD SALARY RATES FOR ALL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES.
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10 JULY 2014 – SBMA
EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION WAS DULY REGISTERED AS A PUBLIC SECTOR UNION OF SBMA PER
CSC AND DOLE-BLR CERTIFICATION (NO.1936).
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11 JULY 2014 CHAIRMAN
ROBERTO V. GARCIA WRITES THE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT TO ENDORSE THE URGENT
APPEAL OF SBMA EMPLOYEES FOR THE GRANT OF SALARY INCREASE.
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10 SEPTEMBER 2014 –
OFFICE OF THE CABINET SECRETARY, DEPT OF FINANCE, DBM, GOVERNANCE COMMISSION
FOR GOCC’S ISSUE A JOINT MEMORANDUM ENDORSING THE PROPOSED 10%
SALARY INCREASE OF SBMA TO THE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT FOR
CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL.
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24 SEPTEMBER 2014 – SBMA
LEGAL DEPT. ISSUES A LEGAL OPINION STATING NO LEGAL IMPEDIMENT FOR SBMA TO
IMPLEMENT THE SALARY STANDARDIZATION LAW (SSL)
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9 DECEMBER 2014 – SBMA
LEGAL DEPARTMENT ISSUES A LEGAL OPINION ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SALARY
STANDARDIZATION RATE ADJUSTMENT STATING THAT THE FUNDS FOR SALARY ADJUSTMENT OF
SBMA SHALL COME FROM ITS ANNUAL BUDGET SUBJECT TO DBM’S
APPROVAL ON THE BASIS OF EXISTING EO AND DBM CIRCULARS AND “WITH THE
DBM’S APPROVAL OF SBMA CORPORATE OPERATING BUDGET FOR CY 2015. WHICH INCLUDES
THEREIN SBMA’S SALARY ADJUSTMENT, THE LATTER CAN IMMEDIATELY IMPLEMENT THE
SAME”.
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11 DECEMBER 2014 – SBMA
WRITES THE OFFICE OF THE GOVERNMENT CORPORATE COUNSEL (OGCC) SEEKING
CLARIFICATION WHETHER THE OPINION OF SBMA LEGAL DEPARTMENT WHICH STATES THAT
RECENT ISSUANCES AND EXECUTIVE ORDER. WARRANTS SBMA TO ADJUST THE SALARIES OF
ITS EMPLOYEES TO BE AT PAR AT LEAST THE SSL SUBJECT TO APPROVED BUDGET
ALLOCATION.
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14 JANUARY 2015 – SBMA
BOARD OF DIRECTORS ISSUES RESOLUTION#14-12-5276 (CERTIFICATION#14-328)
APPROVING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE MODIFIED SALARY SCHEDULE FOR CIVILIAN
PERSONNEL PROVIDED IN THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JOINT RESOLUTION
NO. 4 S. 2009 IN THE SBMA, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS SALARY STANDARDIZATION LAW
STATING THE FACT THAT “ESSENTIALLY, THE SSL SERVES AS THE MINIMUM SALARY LEVEL
FOR ALL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES- A MINIMUM WHICH SBMA, TO THE PREJUDICE OF ITS
PERSONNEL DOES NOT MEET. THE SBMA BOARD APPROVES THE IMPLEMENTATION OF SSL –RETROACTIVELY BASED
ON THE FOLLOWING:
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SALARY
STANDARDIZATION LAW (SSL) ISSUANCES:
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17 JUNE 2009
- SSL 3 TRANCHE 1- EO NO. 811 S 2009
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1 JULY
2009 NATIONAL BUDGET CIRCULAR
(NBC) CIRCULAR NO. 521 S. 2009
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23 JUNE
2010 SSL 3 TRANCHE 2 - EO NO. 900 S. 2010
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23 JUNE
2010 SSL 3 TRANCHE 2 – N.B.C. NO. 524, S. 2010
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29 APRIL
2011 SSL3 TRANCHE 3 – E.O. NO. 40 S. 2011
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11 MAY
2011 SSL3 TRANCHE 3 - N.B.C. NO. 530 S.
2011
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30 APRIL
2012 SSL3 TRANCHE 4 - E.O. NO. 76 S.2012
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10 MAY
2012 SSL3 TRANCHE 4 – N.B.C. NO. 540 S. 2012.
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*NOT IMPLEMENTED -THE SBMA-MANAGEMENT INSIST THAT APPROVAL OF THE
PRESIDENT IS NEEDED FOR THEM TO IMPLEMENT THE SALARY ADJUSTMENT.
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19 JANUARY 2015 – SBMA EMPLOYEE
ASSOCIATION OFFICERS MEETS WITH SBMA MANAGEMENT & CHAIRMAN GARCIA TO
DISCUSS THE LONG OVERDUE SBMA EMPLOYEES SALARY ADJUSTMENT. NO DEFINITE ACTIONS
DURING THE NEGOTIATION WAS REACHED BY BOTH PARTIES.
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22 JANUARY 2015 - OFFICE OF THE GOVERNMENT CORPORATE COUNSEL (OGCC)
WRITES AN OPINION STATING THAT SBMA MAY NOT EFFECT AN ADJUSTMENT IN ITS
EXISTING SALARY RATES WITHOUT FIRST SECURING THE APPROVAL OF THE PRESIDENT OR UNTIL THE INDEX OF OCCUPATIONAL SERVICES
POSITION TITLES AND SALARY GRADES OF THE COMPENSATION & POSITION
CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM UNDER RA 10149 IS APPROVED BY THE PRESIDENT, DESPITE THE FACT THAT SBMA IS EXCLUDED FROM THE
COVERAGE OF RA NO. 10149 OR THE GCG LAW.
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28 JANUARY 2015 – SEA
UNION OFFICERS WRITES THE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT THRU THE OFFICE OF SEN. GRACE
POE SEEKING FOR HER INTERVENTION TO HELP SBMA EMPLOYEES FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE
SALARY STANDARDIZATION LAW (SSL III-tranche 4) AS SBMA COMPENSATION PLAN.
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29 JANUARY 2015 – SBMA
BOARD OF DIRECTORS SPLITS ITS DECISION FAVORING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF SBMA
BOARD RESOLUTION. #14-12-5276 W/ CERTIFICATION#14-328, BE IMPLEMENTED BASED ON
JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 4S. 2009 WITHOUT PRESIDENT APPROVAL. (NOT IMPLEMENTED)
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9 FEBRUARY 2015 – (7:30 AM) SBMA EMPLOYEES STARTED THEIR
SILENT PROTEST THROUGH WEARING OF ARM BAND DURING THEIR FLAG CEREMONY
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12 FEBRUARY 2015 –(12:00PM TO 1:00 PM)
NOISE BARRAGE HELD BY SBMA EMPLOYEES AT BLDG 229 WATERFRONT ROAD SBFZ(DURING
SBMA BOD MEETING)
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9-13 FEBRUARY 2015 (5:00PM -7:00PM) DAILY PRAYER VIGIL
INFRONT OF BLDG 229( SBMA MAIN ADMINISTRATION BUILDING) The purpose of the mass action are meant to press Chairman RVG and
President Pnoy to abandon the FIRST REQUEST(10% Increase since 2011) IN FAVOR
OF SSL > Since SBMA has no own Salary Scheme and SSL is the DEFAULT PAY SCALE OR MINIMUM WAGE APPLICABLE
FOR ALL GOVERNMENT.
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16 FEBRUARY 2015- Daily Vigil was discontinue - SEA
RECEIVED THE COPY OF Endorsement letter of Sen.
Grace Poe to PRES. BENIGNO S. AQUINO III, ENDORSING SEA’s clamor for
implementation of SSL.
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17 FEBRUARY 2015
4:15 P,M.
Chairman Garcia Called SEA President Mr. Ted Penaflor saying that he have an
scheduled meeting with Pres. Pnoy on February 18, 2015 (1:00PM).
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20 FEBRUARY 2015-A
Memorandum from the executive secretary approving the 10% increase (a long
overdue salary increase request last JULY 7,
2011) instead of the SSL was approved.
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12 MARCH 2015-SBMA
Employee Association (SEA) wrote a letter to Hon. Florencio B. Abad requesting
to approve the submitted SBMA Corporate Operating Budget (COB) for CY2015 in
which one of the items in said budget that SBMA asks to be approved is the
Personnel Services (PS) where the implementation of the Salary Standardization
Law SSLIII Tranche 4 AS THE COMPENSATION SCHEME for the SBMA is included.
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3 November 2015-
Chairman Roberto V. Garcia wrote a letter to H.E. BENIGNO SIMEON C. AQUINO III.
Requesting that the SBMA be, at the very minimum be given authority, to
increase salaries to be at par with all other agencies at SSL level
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13 November 2015
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SEA initiated a signature
campaign “ISANG BUKAS NA LIHAM PARA SA MGA KINAUUKULAN-PARA SA ATING
PANGULO AT MGA BOSS SA SBMA,” See Details at http://sbmasslnow.blogspot.com
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SEA conducted
a General Assembly and has decided to go to
Congress and Senate to have a Silent rally (Date to be determined upon securing
of clearance to LGU of Manila)
