Section 1.
Telegraph and radio stations of the Bureau of Telecommunications shall
be classified, according to the volume of business they handle annually
and their annual income or revenue, by numerical units as follows:
(a) Stations having 800,000 units or more;
(b) Stations having 200,000 units or more but less
than 800,000 units;
(c) Stations having 100,000 units or more but less
than 200,000 units;
(d) Stations having 50,000 units or more but less
than 100,000 units;
(e) Stations having 30,000 units or more but less
than 50,000 units;
(f) Stations having 20,000 units or more but less
than 30,000 units;
(g) Stations having 15,000 units or more but less
than 20,000 units;
(h) Stations having 10,000 units or more but less
than 15,000 units;
(i) Stations having 5,000 units or more but less than
10,000 units;
(j) Stations having 3,000 units or more but less than
5,000 units;
(k) Stations having 1,000 units or more but less than
3,000 units; and
(l) Stations having less than 1,000 units.
In computing the numerical units corresponding to each station, the
volume of business handled annually shall be given a weight of
seven-tenths and the annual income three-tenths. The numerical units
corresponding to each station shall be the sum of the products of the
number of telegrams handled therein multiplied by seven-tenths and the
total annual income in pesos multiplied by three-tenths.
Sec. 2. The maximum and maximum rates of annual
compensation for chief operators, assistant chief operators,
supervising operators, operators-in-charge, senior operators, operators
and junior operators; chief wire supervisors, district wire
supervisors, senior linemen, and linemen; chief technicians, assistant
chief technician; senior technicians, technicians, and junior
technicians; chief enginemen, enginemen, and junior enginemen; chief
telephone traffic supervisors and telephone traffic supervisors; and
telegraph and telephone, and radio inspectors shall be as follows:
(a) In stations having 800,000 units or more
Chief Operators from P4200 to P4800
Assistant Chief Operators 3480 to 3960
Supervising Operators 3300 to 3480
Senior CW Operators 2580 to 3120
CW Operators 1800 to 2400
Junior CW Operators 1560 to 1680
Senior Teletype Operators 2280 to 2400
Teletype Operators 1680 to 1920
Junior Teletype Operators 1440 to 1560
Chief Technicians 3480 to 3690
Assistant Chief Technicians 3300 to 3480
Senior Technicians 2580 to 3120
Technicians 1800 to 2400
Junior Technicians 1560 to 1680
Chief Enginemen 2400 to 2940
Enginemen 1680 to 2160
Junior Enginemen 1440 to 1560
(b) In stations having 200,000 units or more but less
than 800,000 units
Chief Operators from P3480 to P4200
Assistant Chief Operators 2940 to 3300
Supervising Operators 2580 to 2760
Senior CW Operators 2280 to 2400
CW Operators 1800 to 2160
Junior CW Operators 1560 to 1680
Senior Teletype Operators 1920 to 2280
Teletype Operators 1560 to 1680
Junior Teletype Operators 1440 to 1560
Chief Technicians 2940 to 3300
Senior Technicians 2280 to 2400
Technicians 1800 to 2160
Junior Technicians 1560 to 1680
Chief Enginemen 2160 to 2280
Enginemen 1680 to 2040
Junior Enginemen 1440 to 1560
(c) In stations having 100,000 units or more but less
than 200,000 units
Chief Operators from P2940 to P3480
Senior Operators 2160 to 2280
Operators 1680 to 1800
Junior Operators 1440 to 1560
Senior Technicians 2160 to 2280
Technicians 1680 to 1800
Junior Technicians 1440 to 1560
Chief Enginemen 2160 to 2280
Enginemen 1680 to 1800
Junior Enginemen 1440 to 1560
(d) In stations having 50,000 units or more but less
than 100,000 units
Chief Operators or Operators-in-
charge from P2760 to P3300
Senior Operators 1800 to 2040
Operators 1680 to 1800
Junior Operators 1440 to 1560
Technicians 1680 to 1800
Junior Technicians 1440 to 1560
Chief Enginemen 1800 to 2040
Enginemen 1680 to 1800
Junior Enginemen 1440 to 1560
(e) In stations having 30,000 units or more but less
than 50,000 units
Chief Operators or Operators-in-
charge from P2280 to P2760
Senior Operators 1680 to 1920
Operators 1560 to 1680
Junior Operators 1440 to 1560
Technicians 1560 to 1680
Junior Technicians 1440 to 1560
Enginemen 1560 to 1680
Junior Enginemen 1440 to 1560
(f) In stations having 20,000 units or more but less
than 30,000 units
Operators-in-charge from P2160 to P2280
Senior Operators 1680 to 1800
Operators 1560 to 1680
Junior Operators 1440 to 1560
Technicians 1560 to 1680
Junior Technicians 1440 to 1560
Enginemen (for radio stations) 1560 to 1680
Junior Enginemen (for radio stations) 1440 to 1560
(g) In stations having 15,000 units or more but less
than 20,000 units
Operators-in-charge from P1920 to P2160
Senior Operators 1680 to 1800
Operators 1560 to 1680
Junior Operators 1440 to 1560
Enginemen (for radio stations) 1560 to 1680
Junior Enginemen (for radio stations) 1440 to 1560
(h) In stations having 10,000 units or more but less
than 15,000 units
Operators-in-charge from 1800 to P1920
Senior Operators 1680 to 1800
Operators 1560 to 1680
Junior Operators 1440 to 1560
Enginemen (for radio stations) 1560 to 1680
Junior Enginemen (for radio stations) 1440 to 1560
(i) In stations having 5,000 units or more but less
than 10,000 units
Operators-in-charge from P1680 to P1800
Senior Operators 1560 to 1680
Operators 1560
Junior Operators 1440
Enginemen (for radio stations) 1560
Junior Enginemen (for radio stations) 1440
(j) In stations having 3,000 units or more but less
than 5,000 units
Operators-in-charge from P1560 to P1680
Enginemen (for radio stations) 1440 to 1560
Junior Enginemen (for radio stations) 1440
(k) In stations having 1,000 units or more but less
than 3,000 units
Operators-in-charge P1560
Operators 1440
Junior Enginemen (for radio stations) 1440
(l) In stations having less than 1,000 units
Operators-in-charge P1440
Junior Enginemen (for radio stations) 1440
(m) Other positions
(1) Inspectors
Radio Inspectors from P3960 to
4200
Telegraph and Telephone
Inspectors 3720 to 3960
(2) Wire Supervisors and Linemen
Chief Wire Supervisor 3480 to
4200
District Wire Supervisors 2750 to
3120
Wire Supervisors 1920 to 2580
Senior Linemen 1680 to 1800
Linemen 1440 to 1560
(3) Telephone Traffic Supervisor
and Telephone Operators
Chief Telephone Traffic
Supervisor 2580 to 2940
Telephone Traffic Supervisors
1800 to 2400
Senior Telephone Operators 1680 to
1800
Telephone Operators 1440 to 1560
Sec. 3. There shall be three classes of operators:
namely, junior operator, operator, and senior operator.
(a) Junior Operator — A junior operator is one who,
having graduated from a recognized radio or telegraph operator's
school, or completed radio or telegraph operators' training course in
any army training school, or rendered satisfactorily at least one year
of paid full-time work as an operator, has qualified in a test given
for the position by the Bureau of Civil Service.
(b) Operator — After rendering two years of
satisfactory service, a junior operator of the Bureau of
Telecommunications may be promoted to operator: Provided, however, That
an employee who has actually been performing the duties of the operator
in the Bureau of Telecommunications during the last two years prior to
the approval of this Act shall be classified as operator.
(c) Senior Operator — After rendering five years of
satisfactory service, an operator of the Bureau of Telecommunications
may be promoted to senior operator: Provided, however, that an operator
who has actually been performing the duties of senior operator in the
Bureau of Telecommunications during the last two years prior to the
approval of this Act shall be classified as senior operator.
Sec. 4. There shall be three classes of
technicians: namely, junior technician, technician, and senior
technician.
(a) Junior Technician — A junior technician is one
who, having graduated from a recognized radio, telegraph, telephone or
mechanical school or completed a radio, telegraph, telephone or
mechanical training course in any army training school, or rendered
satisfactorily at least one year of paid full-time work as a
technician, has qualified in a test given for the position by the
Bureau of Civil Service.
(b) Technician — After rendering two years of
satisfactory service, a junior technician of the Bureau of
Telecommunications may be promoted to senior operator: Provided,
however, That an employee who has actually been performing the duties
of a technician in the Bureau Telecommunications during the last two
years prior to the approval of this Act shall be classified as
technician.
(c) Senior Technician — After rendering five years of
satisfactory service, a technician of the Bureau of Telecommunications
may be promoted to senior technician: Provided, however, That a
technician who was actually been performing the duties of a senior
technician in the Bureau of Telecommunications during the last two
years prior to the approval of this Act shall be classified as senior
technician.
Sec. 5. There shall be two classes of enginemen:
namely, junior engineman and engineman.
(a) Junior Engineman — A junior engineman is one who,
having graduated from a recognized mechanical school, or completed a
mechanical training course in any army training school, or rendered
satisfactorily at least one year of paid full-time work as a mechanic
or engineman, has qualified in a test given for the position by the
Bureau of Civil Service.
(b) Engineman — After rendering two years of
satisfactory service, a junior engineman of the Bureau of
Telecommunications may be promoted to engineman: Provided, however,
That an employee who has actually been performing the duties of an
engineman in the Bureau of Telecommunications during the last two years
prior to the approval of this Act shall be classified as engineman.
Sec. 6. A postmaster or employee of the Bureau of
Posts who is assigned to handle the telegraph or radio service in a
station where the Bureau of Telecommunications has no operator shall be
paid a compensation of not exceeding twenty pesos a month from the
appropriation of the Bureau of Telecommunications in addition to his
regular salary in the Bureau of Posts. An operator of the Bureau of
Telecommunications who is at the same time assigned as postmaster shall
likewise be paid a compensation of not exceeding twenty pesos a month
from the appropriation of the Bureau of Posts in addition to his
regular salary in the Bureau of Telecommunications.
Sec. 7. Upon the approval of this Act, the present
rates of compensation which are not in conformity with the salary scale
provided herein shall be adjusted in the following manner:
(a) If the employee is receiving a compensation less
than the minimum rate of the salary scale to which his position is
allocated, his compensation shall be adjusted to the minimum rate, and
if by virtue of his length of service he is entitled thereto, he shall
also be given the additional benefit provided for hereunder, as the
case may be:
(1) His salary shall be increased by one grade over
the minimum rate of the salary prescribed for his position if he has to
his credit a service of not less than five but not more than ten years;
(2) His salary shall be increased by two grades over
the minimum rate of the salary prescribed for his position if he has to
his credit a service of not less than ten but not more than fifteen
years;
(3) His salary shall be increased by three grades
over the minimum rate of the salary prescribed for his position if he
has to his credit a service of not less than fifteen but not more than
twenty years;
(4) His salary shall be increased to the maximum rate
of the salary prescribed for his position if he has to his credit a
service of more than twenty years.
(b) If the employee concerned is receiving a
compensation within the range of the salary scale to which his position
is allocated, his compensation shall be adjusted as follows:
(1) His salary shall be increased by one grade over
his present compensation if he has to his credit a service of not less
than five but not more than ten years;
(2) His salary shall be increased by two grades over
his present compensation if he has to his credit a service of not less
than ten but not more than fifteen years;
(3) His salary shall be increased by three grades
over his present compensation if he has to his credit a service of not
less than fifteen but not more than twenty years;
(4) His salary shall be increased to the maximum rate
if he has to his credit a service of more than twenty years.
(c) If the employee is receiving a compensation in
excess of the maximum rate of the salary scale to which his position is
allocated, his salary shall not be reduced while he occupies the same
position.
Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions, no adjustment of salary shall
be made in excess of the maximum provided in the salary scale to which
the position is allocated.
Sec. 8. Every two calendar years after the
approval of this Act, telegraph and radio stations of the Bureau of
Telecommunications shall be reclassified in the manner provided for in
section one hereof. The new classification shall be included in the
General Appropriation Act for the fiscal year following such
reclassification.
Sec. 9. To carry out the provisions of this Act,
the sum of six hundred ten thousand pesos, or so much thereof as may be
necessary, is hereby appropriated out of any funds in the National
Treasury not otherwise appropriated. The appropriation for the Bureau
of Telecommunications authorized in the General Appropriation Act for
the fiscal year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred and fifty-three,
is hereby converted into a lump-sum appropriation to be re-itemized,
together with the sum herein appropriated, in accordance with the
classification of the positions and standardization of salaries
provided for in this Act in a special budget to be approved by the
President pursuant to the provisions of section 7-I(4) of Commonwealth
Act Numbered Two hundred and forty-six, as amended by Commonwealth Act
Numbered Three hundred and seventy-four.
Section 10. All laws or portions thereof inconsistent
with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed.
Section 11. This Act shall take effect on July one,
nineteen hundred and fifty-two.
Approved: June 20, 1952
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