JV asks San Juan LGU to pay retired employees
SENATOR Joseph Victor JV Ejercito appealed to the local government of San Juan city for the immediate release of the terminal pay of at least 20 employees of the city of San Juan who retired four years ago.
In a privilege speech yesterday, Ejercito said despite exhausting all efforts to amicably resolve the retirees’ monetary claims with the city government, there was still no significant progress.
He pointed out that they were denied their pay even with the existence of a law that ensures the early release of retirement pay, pensions, gratuities, and other benefits for retiring government employees.
“I believe that is their (employees’) money earned and services rendered. It is their money and it should not be denied to them. We have to look into this so this would not happen to other employees,” Ejercito said as he expressed the need to settle this problem as soon as possible.
