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    Central Bank Employees Association vs. Bangko Sentral NG Pilipinas

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    The Central Bank Employees Association filed a petition against the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas to stop implementing a provision that tied the compensation of lower-level employees to rates set in another law. The provision classified employees based on salary grade in a way that treated similarly situated employees unequally. The Supreme Court ruled the provision unconstitutional, finding it created an economic distinction that disadvantaged lower-level employees who had greater financial need. The Court said laws must be consistent with the Constitution's goal of improving quality of life for all.

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    The Central Bank Employees Association filed a petition against the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas to stop implementing a provision that tied the compensation of lower-level employees to rates set in another law. The provision classified employees based on salary grade in a way that treated similarly situated employees unequally. The Supreme Court ruled the provision unconstitutional, finding it created an economic distinction that disadvantaged lower-level employees who had greater financial need. The Court said laws must be consistent with the Constitution's goal of improving quality of life for all.

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    The Central Bank Employees Association filed a petition against the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas to stop implementing a provision that tied the compensation of lower-level employees to rates set in another law. The provision classified employees based on salary grade in a way that treated similarly situated employees unequally. The Supreme Court ruled the provision unconstitutional, finding it created an economic distinction that disadvantaged lower-level employees who had greater financial need. The Court said laws must be consistent with the Constitution's goal of improving quality of life for all.

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    Central Bank Employees Association vs. Bangko Sentral NG Pilipinas

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    CENTRAL BANK EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION vs.

    BANGKO SENTRAL NG
    PILIPINAS
    G.R. No. 148208; December 15, 2004
    PUNO, J.
    DOCTRINE:
    Equal protection clause does not demand absolute equality but it requires that all persons
    shall be treated alike, under like circumstances and conditions both as to privileges conferred and
    liabilities enforced. Favoritism and undue preference cannot be allowed.

    FACTS:
    The Central Bank (now BSP) Employees Association Inc, filed a Petition for Prohibition
    against BSP and the Executive Secretary of the Office of the President, to restrain respondents
    from further implementing the last proviso in Section 15 (c), Article II of RA No 7653, on the
    ground that it is unconstitutional. It provides that compensation and wage structure of employees
    whose positions fall under salary grade 19 and below shall be in accordance with the rates
    prescribed under RA No 6758.
    Respondent contends that the provision does not violate the equal protection clause and
    can stand the constitutional test, provided it is construed in harmony with other provisions of the
    same law, such as fiscal and administrative autonomy of BSP

    ISSUE:
    Whether or not the last paragraph of Section 15 (c), Article II of RA No 7653, runs afoul
    of the constitutional mandate that “No person shall be … denied equal protection of the laws”

    RULING:
    Unconstitutional. the challenged proviso operates on the basis of the salary grade or
    officer-employee status. It is akin to a distinction based on economic class and status, Considering
    that majority, if not all, the rank-and-file employees consist of people whose status and rank in life
    are less and limited, especially in terms of job marketability, it is they - and not the officers - who
    have the real economic and financial need for the adjustment This is in accord with the policy of
    the Constitution "to free the people from poverty, provide adequate social services, extend to them
    a decent standard of living, and improve the quality of life for all. Any act of Congress that runs
    counter to this constitutional desideratum deserves strict scrutiny by this Court before it can pass
    muster.
    The BSP rank-and-file employees merit greater concern from this Court. These BSP rank-
    and-file employees represent the politically powerless and they should not be compelled to seek a
    political solution to their unequal and iniquitous treatment

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