Gov’t employees to get midyear bonus starting May 15 —DBM

Gov’t employees to get midyear bonus starting May 15 —DBM

Gov’t employees to get midyear bonus starting May 15 —DBM

All certified authorities personnel are set to obtain their midyear bonus beginning Monday, May 15, the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) introduced Sunday.

In an announcement, DBM stated that the midyear bonus is equal to one-month fundamental pay as of May 15, and shall be given to entitled civil servants who’ve rendered not less than a complete or mixture of 4 months of service from July 1, 2022 to May 15, 2023.

The personnel must also be within the authorities service as of May 15, and procure not less than a passable efficiency score within the instantly previous score interval or the relevant efficiency appraisal interval.

DBM Secretary Amenah Pangandaman stated that the midyear bonus is supplied within the agency-specific allocation below the 2023 General Appropriations Act (GAA).

“Alam naman po natin na isa ito sa mga inaabangan ng ating mga kapwa kawani ng gobyerno na talagang makatutulong sa kanilang araw-araw na pangangailangan,” she stated.

(We know that our fellow authorities staff are trying ahead to this as it is going to actually assist in their each day wants.)

“So, we are reminding all government agencies and offices to ensure the timely release of bonuses to their employees or as stipulated in our existing rules and regulations, simula May 15 po ‘yan [starting May 15],” she added.

The midyear bonus might be given to all positions for civilian personnel whether or not common, informal, or contractual, appointive or elective, fulltime or part-time, now present or hereafter created within the Executive, Legislative, and Judicial branches, the Constitutional Commissions and different Constitutional Offices, State Universities and Colleges (SUCs), and Government-Owned or -Controlled Corporations (GOCCs) lined by the Compensation and Position Classification System (CPCS), and in native authorities items (LGUs).

Entitled personnel to obtain the mid-year bonus additionally embrace the navy personnel of the Armed Forces of the Philippines below the Department of National Defense and uniformed personnel of the Philippine National Police, Philippine Public Safety College, Bureau of Fire Protection, and Bureau of Jail Management and Penology of the Department of Interior and Local Government, Bureau of Corrections of the Department of Justice, Philippine Coast Guard of the Department of Transportation, and National Mapping and Resource Information Authority of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources.

DBM stated the grant of mid-year bonuses for personnel of lined GOCCs shall be decided by their respective governing boards.

Meanwhile, these for personnel of provinces, cities, municipalities, and barangays shall be decided by their respective sanggunian. —LBG, GMA Integrated News

Source: www.gmanetwork.com