Senator Francis “Chiz” Escudero is now pushing for a bill providing for an automatic promotion of government employees upon retirement.
In filing Senate Bill No. 297, Escudero proposes to grant a promotion of one salary grade level higher than the employee’s position at the time of retirement.
The measure has been referred to the Senate Committee on Civil Service, Reorganization and Professional Regulation.
Escudero said government employees deserve, like their counterparts in the military and the police organizations, a comfortable life after serving their country for many years.
“It is not an overstatement to say that the men and women in the government service, particularly those who have committed most of their lifetime as government workers for 20 years or so, are dedicated and devoted public servants,” the senator said.
“But beyond this statement, nothing much awaits them as they finally leave government service,” he pointed out.
He said the bill aims to give due recognition to these government workers by the expedient act of promoting them one grade higher at the time of their retirement.
“This proposed automatic promotion upon retirement policy, similar to the military service, should likewise, be extended to the civil service,” he stressed.
Under the bill, the adjusted salary grade level of the retiree shall be used as the basis for the computation of his/her retirement.
The bill also requires the Civil Service Commission (CSC), in coordination with the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) and the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS), to formulate the necessary rules and regulations for the effective implementation of the measure once enacted into law.