(CNN Philippines) — Here’s good news to all state workers: A cash bonus of at least P5,000 awaits you all starting next month.
And if your agency or department did very good last year, then you might get performance perks equivalent to a one-month salary.
This, after President Benigno Aquino III recently signed Executive Order (EO) 181 releasing a total of P30.6 billion for all state workers to be distributed no earlier than June 1.
In a radio interview over state-run dzRB on Saturday (May 18), deputy presidential spokesperson Abigail Valte said the newly-signed cash incentive will allow the government to make a one-time Productivity Enhancement Incentive (PEI) equivalent to an employee’s one-month salary, but only if an agency or department fulfills a number of requirements.
According to Valte, departments and agencies should have met at least 90% of their 2014 targets, specifically with respect to at least two performance indicators for at least one Major Final Output; and should also have posted the Transparency Seal and their respective Citizen’s Charter on their websites.
According to the Department of Budget and Management (DBM), the incentive will cover all civilian personnel occupying regular, contractual, and casual positions, or those who have employee-employer relationships with their respective government departments and agencies.
Military personnel of the Armed Forces of the Philippines and the Department of National Defense stand to receive the bonus, as well as uniformed personnel of the Philippine National Police, Bureau of Fire Protection, Bureau of Jail Management and Penology, Philippine Coast Guard, and the National Mapping and Resource Information Authority.
Likewise entitled to the government’s cash perks are qualified personnel from:
Congress
Judiciary
Commission on Audit
Commission on Elections
Office of the Ombudsman
Government-owned or -controlled corporations
Local water districts
Government financial institutions
Local government units
A fixed amount of P5,000, meanwhile, will be given to employees whose agencies are unable to meet the requirements.
The PEI, however, does not cover individuals hired by the government without an employer-employee relationship. This includes consultants, laborers hired through job contracts, job orders, or contracts of service, and student laborers and apprentices.
According to DBM Secretary Florencio “Butch” Abad, the said productivity incentive for government employees is part of the administration’s drive to strengthen public service within the Philippine bureaucracy.
