• Republic of the Philippines
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
                          Region VIII

SCHOOLS DIVISION OFFICE OF CATBALOGAN CITY

February 28, 2018

DIVISION MEMORANDUM

No.  67    . s.  2018

DISSEMINATION ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF 1*5,000.00 NET TAKE HOME PAY
                              FOR DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION PERSONNEL

TO:                  ALL DIVISION OFFICE PERSONNEL

PUBLIC SCHOOLS DISTRICT SUPERVISORS ELEMENTARY/SECONDARY SCHOOL HEADS ALL OTHERS CONCERNED

In connection with the above-captioned matter, enclosed hereto is DepEd Order No. 05, s.2018, contents of which is self-explanatory.

Further, worth noting that it is hereby enjoined to all schools to post this DepEd Order in conspicuous places within your premises.

For information, guidance and compliance.

CRISTITO A. ECO, CESO VI

Schools Division Superintendent

For the Superintendent:


FRANCIS
Asst. School

EL© S. GELERA   /
s Div. Superintendent



Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education       

15 FE3 2018

DepEd   O R D E R

No. 67 s. 2018

IMPLEMENTATION OF P 5,000.00 NET TAKE HOME PAY
        FOR DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION PERSONNEL

To:     Undersecretaries

Assistant Secretaries

Bureau and Service Directors Regional Directors

Schools Division Superintendents

Public Elementary and Secondary Schools Heads All Others Concerned

1.         Section 48 of the General Provisions of Republic Act No. (RA) 10964, the General Appropiations Act for Fiscal Year 2018, entitled, An Act Appropriating Funds for the Operation of the Government of the Republic of the Philippines from January

One to December Thirty One, Two Thousand and Eighteen, and for Other Purposes, provided for Authorized Deductions, as follows:

Sec. 48. Authorized Deductions. Deductions rom salaries and other beneits accruing to any government employee, chargeable against the appropriations for Personnel Services, may be allowed for the payment of an individual employee’s contributions or obligations due to the following, and in the order ofpreference stated below:

(a) The BIR, PH&HEALTH, GSIS and HDMF;

(b) Nonstock savings and loan associations and mutual benefit
      associations duly operaing under existing laws and cooperatives
      which are managed by and/or for the beneit of government
      employees;

(c) Associations or provident funds organized and managed by
      government employees for their benefit and welfare;

(d) GFIs authorized by taw and accredited by appropriate government
      regulating bodies to engage in lending;

(e) Licensed insurance companies; and

f) Thrit banks and rural banks accredited by the BSP.

In no case shall theforegoing deductions reduce the employee’s monthly net take home pay to an amount lower than Five Thousand Pesos (P5,000).

2.         The Net Take Home Pay (NTHP) threshold is mandatory. Any inancial obligation incurred by any personnel of the Department of Education (DepEd) shall not be deducted from his/her monthly salary if such deduction will lower his/her NTHP beyond the P5,000.00 threshold. No waivers effectively reducing the NTHP shall be allowed.

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3.        The order of preference as stated in Section 48 means that the authorized

entities enumerated follow a sequential hierarchy.

a. The payment for employees’ contributions or obligations to the Bureau of
      Internal Revenue (BIR), Philippine Health Insurance Corporation

(PhilHealth), Government Service Insurance System (GSIS), and Home Development Mutual Fund (HDMF), shall be accorded irst order of preference in deductions rom their salaries. For the proper guidance of all concerned, employees* contributions or obligations to the GSIS and HDMF include both premiums and loans.

b. In the categories covered by Section 48, paragraphs (bj, (c), (d), (e), and (f),
      the uirst-in, first-served* system, which is based on the date of receipt of
      the Authoriy to Deduct, shall be applied to contributions and obligations
      within each category.

c. There shall be no spMtting of deductions covered by Section 48, paragraphs

(b), (c),  (d), (e), and (f).

This order of preference shall apply to both existing and new obligations.

4.         The loans on record that cannot be deducted because of the NTHP threshold shall be reflected in the payslip as Undeducted Obligations.

5.         All termination dates for deductions under payroll records at the time of this issuance, or as indicated in the Authority to Deduct for obligations, shall not be extended, notwithstanding that these fall under the Undeducted Obligations.

6.         All DepEd personnel are reminded of the consequences of applying for loans with lending institutions. Delay in the payment of loans may result in the imposition of penalties and accrued interests by the PLIs and the GSIS. DepEd personnel whose loans are not deducted under the APDS are advised to pay their loans directly to their respective lenders.

7.        The Undersecretary for Finance-Disbursements and Accounting (DA), in

coordination with all appropriate oices at the central and ield ofices, shall effect

the necessary adjustments in the payroll deduction schedule pursuant to the

provisions of this Order.

8.        This Order shall take effect irrrmediately upon its issuance.

9.        Heads of ofices and of schools are ordered to post this Order in conspicuous

places within their premises.

10.       Immediate dissemination of and strict compliance with this Order is directed.

LEONOMAGTOLIS BRIONES

Secretary

References:

DepEd Order Nos.: 55, 38, 27 and 12, s. 2017

To be indicated in the Perpetual Index
            under the following subjects:

BENEFITS

DEDUCTIONS EMPLOYEES OFFICIALS PAYMENTS POLICY

SALARY

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