Congress ready to act on increasing base pay of nurses – Defensor 0 SHARES Share it! Share TweetBy Ellson QuismorioIf Anakalusugan Party-List Rep. Mike Defensor is to be believed, then the legislature could facilitate the increase in the base pay of nurses in the public sector with relative ease. “Congress did this in 2017, when it passed a joint resolution authorizing the increase in the base pay of military and uniformed personnel, and sourcing the cash from the MPBF,” pointed out Defensor, chairman of the House Committee on Public Accounts. “Our sense is, Congress is ready to implement the improved compensation for nurses, as provided for by law and upheld by the Supreme Court (SC). Defensor also raised the possibility that Congress might just include the higher remuneration for nurses in the new Salary Standardization Law (SSL) that President Rodrigo Duterte himself wants passed.

Source: Manila Bulletin October 20, 2019 07:30 UTC