Decree 002 2010 Approving Salary Increase for Public Servants of the Central Administration
Poder Ejecutivo
- Decree: 002-2010
- Published: November 2, 2010
- Issuing body: Poder Ejecutivo
- Gazette: 32,355
- Category: Labor
Summary
This decree increases the monthly salary of central government public employees earning less than 20,000 lempiras by adding 650 lempiras starting in November 2010. The increase aims to improve living conditions for lower-income state workers and maintain social peace in the country.
Considerations
That the Constitution of the Republic establishes that the President of the Central Administration has charge of the general administration of the State and, therefore, has charge of the supreme direction and coordination of the centralized and decentralized Public Administration of the Republic for public servants who earn salaries lower than twenty thousand Lempiras (Lps.20,000.00). STATE SECRETARIAT IN THE OFFICES OF LABOR AND SOCIAL SECURITY
That it is the responsibility of the President of the Republic, through the regulation of the Civil Service, to establish a rational system of personnel administration in the public service, regulating the relations between public servants and the State. Agreement No. STSS-342-2010. SECRETARIAT OF GOVERNANCE AND JUSTICE Ministerial Agreement No. 705-2010, 706-2010 and 707-2010.
That it is the responsibility of the Government of the National Unity to maintain tranquility and social peace, as an essential condition for achieving the economic and social development of the country. SECRETARIAT OF INDUSTRY AND COMMERCE Executive Agreement No. 50-2010. EXECUTIVE DIRECTORATE OF REVENUE
That in accordance with the analysis carried out, it was verified that within the public sector, there are public servants with salaries lower than twenty thousand Lempiras, which do not satisfy their basic needs, for which reason it is imperative to make the corresponding adjustments, in order to be consistent with the Government's social and wage policy. Agreements Nos.: DEI-213-2010, DEI-SG-056-A-2010, DEI-SG-226-A-2010, DEI-SG-253-2010, DEI-SG-226-B-2010. Others. Section B Legal Notices
Articles
To approve a salary increase for public servants of the Central Administration who earn salaries below twenty thousand Lempiras (Lps. 20,000.00), to be applied as follows: In the amount of six hundred fifty Lempiras (Lps. 650.00) monthly as from the first (01) of November of two thousand ten (2010) to the thirty-first (31) of May of two thousand eleven (2011) and, of six hundred fifty Lempiras (Lps. 650.00) monthly as from the first (01) of June of two thousand eleven (2011).
The following are excepted from the foregoing provision:
- a)
Public Servants who received effective increases during the period from the year two thousand nine (2009) to two thousand ten (2010) inclusive;
- b)
Public Servants subject to Professional Statutes;
- c)
Public Servants who belong to the Decentralized and Deconcentrated Institutions of the State, which shall regulate their salary increases in accordance with the law, the provisions that correspond to them and based on the budgetary availability at their disposal;
- d)
Employees by contract, which are governed by the terms contractually agreed upon by the parties.
The payment of the fourteenth month of salary, bonuses and year-end bonus shall be proportional to the present salary adjustment.
This Executive Decree is of immediate execution and shall be published in "La Gaceta" Official Gazette of the Republic. Given in the city of Tegucigalpa, municipality of the Central District, on the twenty-ninth (29) day of the month of October of the year two thousand ten (2010). LET IT BE COMMUNICATED AND PUBLISHED. PORFIRIO LOBO SOSA PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC JOSÉ FRANCISCO ZELAYA SECRETARY OF STATE IN THE OFFICES OF THE INTERIOR AND POPULATION, BY LAW LIC. MARTHA ALICIA GARCÍA General Auditor JORGE ALBERTO RICO SALINAS Coordinator and Supervisor Colonia Minadores Telephone: Management: 238-4958 Administration: 238-3028 Fax: 238-3640 GOVERNMENT CIVIC CENTER
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