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Civil Service Pay Increase Act, RPPL No. 9-08 2013

PALAU

NINTH OLBIIL ERA KELULAU

First Special Session, March 2013
RPPL No. 9-8
Passed as Senate Bill No. 9-33, SD1, HD2

AN ACT

To increase the salary of all government employees under the civil service by $25 biweekly, and for other related purposes.

THE PEOPLE OF PALAU REPRESENTED IN THE OLBIIL ERA KELULAU DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

Section 1. Short Title. This Act shall be referred to as the “Civil Service Pay Increase Act of 2013.”

Section 2. Legislative Findings. The Olbiil Era Kelulau finds that currently the civil servants of the national government have not received a pay increase commensurate with the increases in the costs of living for the people of the Republic. Accordingly, the Olbiil Era Kelulau finds it necessary to increase the base salary schedule for every civil servant of the government by $25 biweekly.

Section 3. Amendment. Title 33, Chapter 7, Section 702, shall be amended to state as follows:

Ҥ 702. Base salary schedule.

(a) The base salary schedule appearing in the table below provides the official annual salary rates which shall be paid to all civil service and contract employees of the National Government unless otherwise specifically established by law. Hourly rates shall be calculated by dividing the applicable annual salary level and dividing by two thousand eighty (being forty hours per week for fifty-two weeks in a year) and rounded to the nearest tenth of a dollar.

ANNUAL BASE SALARY SCHEDULE

Grade Steps

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
6630 6809 6994 7185 7381 7650 7930 8221 8524 8917 9331 9765 10221 10795
6929 7117 7311 7511 7717 8000 8294 8599 8917 9331 9765 10221 10699 11302
7243 7441 7645 7854 8070 8367 8676 8997 9331 9765 10221 10699 11202 11835
7572 7780 7994 8214 8441 8752 9076 9414 9764 10220 10698 11201 11728 12393
7918 8136 8361 8592 8830 9157 9498 9852 10220 10698 11201 11728 12282 12980
8282 8511 8747 8990 9240 9583 9941 10312 10699 11201 11729 12283 12865 13597
8663 8903 9151 9406 9669 10029 10405 10795 11201 11728 12282 12864 13474 14244
9665 9935 10214 10501 10796 11202 11624 12063 12520 13113 13737 14391 15078 15944
10791 11095 11409 11731 12064 12520 12995 13489 14003 14670 15371 16107 16880 17854
12059 12401 12754 13117 13491 14005 14539 15094 15672 16423 17212 18040 18909 20005
13485 13870 14267 14675 15096 15674 16275 16900 17550 18395 19282 20213 21192 22424
15090 15523 15969 16429 16902 17552 18229 18932 19663 20614 21612 22660 23760 25147
16895 17382 17884 18401 18934 19665 20426 21217 22040 23109 24232 25411 26649 28209
19169 19725 20297 20886 21493 22327 23194 24096 25034 26253 27533 28877 30289 32067
22502 23158 23833 24528 25245 26228 27252 28316 29422 30861 32371 33957 35623 37721
26436 27210 28006 28827 29672 30833 32041 33296 34602 36300 33082 39954 41919 44395
31077 31990 32930 33898 34896 36266 37690 39172 40713 42716 44819 47028 49347 52268
37162 38258 39386 40548 41745 43389 45098 46876 48725 51129 53653 56303 59086 62592”

Section 4. Amendment. 33 PNC § 403 is hereby amended to read as follows:

Ҥ 403. Same; filling of vacancies and new positions. All vacancies and new positions in the public service shall be filled in the following manner:

(a) Whenever there is a position to be filled, the appropriate management official shall request the Director to submit a list of persons eligible. The Director shall thereupon certify a list of the five persons who scored or were rated highest in the most recent examination or evaluation for that position. The management official shall conduct interviews and take the appointment only from the list of eligible persons certified, unless there is no person acceptable to the official on the list certified by the Director, in which case the former shall reject the list and request the Director to submit a new list. In such event the Director shall submit a new list of eligible persons selected in like manner.

(b) An appropriate management official may fill a vacant position in his department by promoting or transferring any regular employee in the department without examination if the employee meets the minimum class qualifications of the position to which he is to be promoted or transferred, and if the position is in the same series as the position held by the employee or is clearly an upward or lateral move in the same career-ladder of positions.

(c) In the event that no eligible persons are available, the appropriate management official may, after notifying the Director, make a provisional appointment, for a period no longer than 90 days, of any person who meets the qualification standards for the class involved. The Director shall then conduct an examination or evaluation within such 90 day period.”

Section 5. Regulations. The Bureau of Public Service System shall promulgate rules and regulations in accordance with 6 PNC Chapter 1 to implement the provisions of this Act.

Section 6. Effective Date. This Act shall take effect on October 1, 2013 upon its approval by the President of the Republic of Palau or upon its becoming law without such approval, except as otherwise provided by law.

PASSED: August 2, 2013

Approved this 13th day of August , 2013.

_______________/s/__________________
HE Tommy E. Remengesau, Jr.
President
Republic of Palau