MANILA, Philippines — The Supreme Court (SC) has upheld the validity of a provision in the Philippine Nursing Act of 2002, which states that the minimum base pay of government nurses should not be lower than salary grade 15. READ: SC to hear oral arguments on gov’t nurses’ pay scaleIn 2009, the Congress adopted Joint Resolution No. 4 that authorized then President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to modify the compensation and position classification system of civilian personnel and the base pay schedule of military and uniformed personnel in the government. In implementing the said joint resolution, Arroyo then issued Executive Order 811, which among others, reduced the base pay of nurses from salary grade 15 to salary grade 11 while the entry base pay is salary grade 10. The provision states that the minimum base pay of nurses working in public health institutions shall not be lower than salary grade 15.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer October 09, 2019 06:45 UTC