Public hospital nurses ironically suffered a demotion after the government raised their entry salary to Salary Grade (SG) 15 or about P32,000 per month last July, a nurses’ organization said. Instead of correspondingly upgrading the salaries of senior nurses, hospitals used the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) Circular No. The circular modified the Nurse II position with SG 15 to the lower position of Nurse I, but with the same salary grade as Nurse II. As a result, nurses in the Nurse II to VII positions not only did not get any corresponding salary increase but were even demoted. But according to the Filipino Nurses United (FNU), many hospitals ignored the order and have accordingly demoted their senior nurses.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer November 19, 2020 21:44 UTC