Over 1.8M state workers receive cash incentives
starting Dec. 15
Department of Budget and Management (DBM) Secretary Mina F.
Pangandaman complimented President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. for authorizing the
grant of the Service Recognition Incentive (SRI) to more than 1.8 million
government employees beginning today, December 15.
“This is in recognition of the
tireless dedication of our public servants. This is one way of making them feel
that the government acknowledges their good work and efficient performance. On
behalf of the DBM, I commend President BBM for approving Administrative Order
No. 12 authorizing the grant of the Service Recognition Incentive—which has
been implemented since 2019—to government employees for fiscal year 2023,”
said Sec. Pangandaman.
“As the order notes, administration of
President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. ‘recognized all government employees for
their collective and invaluable contribution to the government’s continuing
efforts in pursuing the objectives, commitments, targets, and deliverables
under the Philippine Development Plan 2023-2028 and the President’s 8-Point
Socioeconomic Agenda,” the budget secretary added.
Qualified state workers to receive SRI
The AO authorized the grant of a
one-time SRI at a uniform rate not exceeding P20,000 for each of the following
personnel:
- For Executive Branch: civilian personnel in national
government agencies (NGAs), including those in state universities and colleges
(SUCs), and government-owned or controlled corporations (GOCCs) occupying
regular, contractual or casual positions; and military personnel of the Armed
Forces of the Philippines under the Department of National Defense, and
uniformed personnel of the Philippine National Police, Bureau of Fire
Protection, and Bureau of Jail Management and Penology under the Department of
the Interior and Local Government, the Bureau of Corrections under the
Department of Justice, the Philippine Coast Guard under the Department of
Transportation, and the National Mapping and Resource Information Authority
under the Department of Environment and Natural Resources.
- For Legislative and Judicial Departments and other offices
vested with fiscal autonomy, local water districts, and in agencies exempted from
the coverage of RA No. 6758.
- For local government units (LGUs), the grant of the SRI shall
be determined by their respective sanggunian depending on the LGU’s financial
capability, subject to the PS limitation in LGU budgets under RA No. 7160.
To qualify to receive
the SRI, the AO emphasized the following conditions:
- The civilian personnel are occupying regular, contractual or
casual positions;
- The personnel are still in the government service as of
30 November 2023;
- The personnel have rendered at least a total or an aggregate of four months
of satisfactory service as of 30 November 2023, inclusive of services rendered
under any of the alternative work arrangements prescribed by the Civil Service
Commission;
- Those who have rendered less than a total or an aggregate of four months of
satisfactory service as of 30 November 2023 shall be entitled to a pro-rated
SRI; and
- The employees have not received any additional year-end
benefit in FY 2023 over and above the benefit authorized under Republic Act
(RA) No. 6686, as amended by RA No. 8441.
Excluded in SRI
Excluded from the grant of the SRI are those who engaged without
employer-employee relationship and whose compensation are funded from
non-Personnel Services (PS) appropriations/budgets, such as consultants and
experts engaged for a limited period to perform specific activities or services
with expected outputs; laborers engaged through job contracts (pakyaw) and
those paid on piecework basis; student workers and apprentices; and individuals
and groups of people whose services are engaged through job orders, contracts
of service or other similarly situated.
The President also earlier approved AO No. 13 which authorized the grant of
one-time gratuity pay not exceeding P5,000 for each qualified COS/JO worker in
recognition of their hard work and valuable participation in the implementation
of various programs, activities, and projects (P/A/Ps) in the government, as
well as their pivotal role in the delivery of government services amidst the
present socio-economic challenges. (DBM/PIA-Caraga).
