EO to standardize pay in gov’t firms expected next month

AN EXECUTIVE order (EO) for the proposed standardization of compensation for employees of government-owned and controlled corporations (GOCCs) may be issued by President Benigno S. C. Aquino III after he receives the bill from Congress that will trigger a fresh round of salary increases for the public sector by 2016, the head of the agency overseeing government-led corporations said.