Initially assigned as the BCS Committee, the group comprised of HRDO Director Atty. Grace Ignacio and Dr. Leodegario David, Special Assistant to the President Expectacion Gonzales, WUPFSA representatives Corazon Gonzales and Melquiades Guevarra and Prof. Violeta Pitular first came up with a proposed enhanced salary structure which later became the basis for the granting of a pre-BCS bonus last December 2009.

Such bonus served as a prelude to the implementation of the new salary structure in June 2010.

This was effected retroactive June 2009 to December of the same year. The second tranch of the pre-BCS bonus will be given in June 2010 after which the new salary structure will take effect.

In a memorandum dated January 4, 2010, the Office of the President specified the guidelines on the implementation of the pre-BCS bonus. It stated among others the following: basic salaries of employees as a result of the NSS shall only be effective starting June 1, 2005; said bonus shall be given in two tranches – June 1, 2009-December 2009 and January 2010-May 31, 2010, respectively; employees whose present basic salaries are noted to be higher than the BCS-adjusted salaries shall continue to receive their basic pay and as such were not entitled to any pre-BCS; the pre-BCS bonus shall have no effect on the following – retirement pay of those retiring from June 1, 2009 to May 31, 2010, 13^th-month pay, overload pay, leave pay, SSS. PERAA and Pag-ibig premiums.

Almost 75% of the total number of personnel were favored by this initiative from the Management. ###