Legislative History
| House Bill/Resolution NO. House Bill No. 3760, 12th Congress of the Republic |
| FULL TITLE : AN ACT PROVIDING FOR A SEPARATE COMPENSATION SCHEME FOR LAWYER POSITIONS IN THE OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF JUSTICE, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, THEREBY EXEMPTING THE SAID POSITIONS FROM REPUBLIC ACT NO. 6758, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE SALARY STANDARDIZATIONLAW |
| ABSTRACT : Any provision of law to the contrary notwithstanding , all lawyer positions under the Office of the Secretary of Justice, which shall include but not limited to the Secretary, Undersecretarie s, Assistant Secretaries, members of the National Prosecution Service and members of the Legal Staff shall be exempt from the coverage of the Salary Standardization Law or Republic Act No. 6758.>Rationale : Government prosecutors are in the forefront of the fight against criminally and the proper dispensation justice. They partake a gargantuan task of determining the existence of probable cause and proving the commission of crime beyond reasonable doubt.> The prosecutors and the legal staff have workloads heavier than lawyers in the private sector. Yeet they earn less than their counterparts in the private sector. This situation has so demoralized and greatly affected the prosecurots and legal staff who after a few years of public service, resign in order to join the private sector. Thus, this pr |
| PRINCIPAL AUTHOR/S : AMIN, HUSSIN U. |
| DATE FILED : 2001-10-25 |
| SIGNIFICANCE: NATIONAL |
| CO-AUTHORS : |
| 1. Lanot |
| CO-AUTHORS (Journal Entries) : |
| 1. Echiverri (073 ) |
| ADMINISTRATION BILL? No |
| URGENT BILL? No |
| ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE |
| MOTHER BILL: House Bill No. 6654, 12th Congress of the Republic |
| ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE ON RULES |
| REFERRAL TO THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS ON 2001-11-19 |
| SECONDARILY REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE(S) ON JUSTICE |
Abstract
Any provision of law to the contrary notwithstanding , all lawyer positions under the Office of the Secretary of Justice, which shall include but not limited to the Secretary, Undersecretarie s, Assistant Secretaries, members of the National Prosecution Service and members of the Legal Staff shall be exempt from the coverage of the Salary Standardization Law or Republic Act No. 6758.>Rationale : Government prosecutors are in the forefront of the fight against criminally and the proper dispensation justice. They partake a gargantuan task of determining the existence of probable cause and proving the commission of crime beyond reasonable doubt.> The prosecutors and the legal staff have workloads heavier than lawyers in the private sector. Yeet they earn less than their counterparts in the private sector. This situation has so demoralized and greatly affected the prosecurots and legal staff who after a few years of public service, resign in order to join the private sector. Thus, this pr
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