Administrative Orders Signs by Marcos Jr. — Green Light Up for Incentives, Gratuity Pay
MARCOS JR. – The President approved the service recognition incentive for the government employees and the gratuity pay for the job order and contractual workers.
The employees in the private sector get their 13th month pay every December while the regular government workers receive their service recognition incentive or more popularly known as SRI. They receive their 14th-month pay usually on the last week of November.
The release of the SRI is dependent on the approval of the President. All these year-end pays usually assist the Filipinos in their holiday expenses. Truth be told that gatherings are usually left and right every December.
Recently, Pres. Ferdinand Marcos Jr. approved the Administrative Order No. 40 that grants the one-time SRI of the employees in the different offices and agencies of the government. The incentive approved by the President is up to P20,000.
The A.O. dated December 11 grants an SRI of up to P20,000 for the personnel of the executive branch including the following:
- personnel in the Executive branch
- civilian employees of national government agencies
- civilian employees of state universities and colleges
- civilian employees of government-owned or -controlled corporations whether holding regular, contractual, or casual positions
Under the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG), the following personnel are entitled to the SRI as approved by Marcos Jr.:
- military personnel of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) under the Department of National Defense
- uniformed personnel of the Philippine National Police
- uniformed personnel of the Philippine Public Safety College
- uniformed personnel of the Bureau of Fire Protection
- uniformed personnel of the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology
Based on a report on GMA News, the Administrative Order signed by Pres. Ferdinand Marcos Jr. also grants a P20,000-SRI to the following:
- uniformed personnel of the Bureau of Corrections under the Department of Justice (DOJ)
- uniformed personnel of the Philippine Coast Guard under the Department of Transportation
- uniformed personnel of the National Mapping and Resource Information Authority under the Department of Environment and Natural Resources
While the regular employees receive an SRI, the contractual and job order employees of the different government agencies and offices will get a gratuity pay of up to P7,000. Pres. Ferdinand Marcos Jr. signed the Administrative Order (AO) No. 39 that grants a gratuity pay to contract of service (COS) and job order (JO) workers who have rendered a total or an aggregate of at least four months of service as of December 15 and whose contracts remain in effect on the same date.
In the AO, it is stated that workers in the national government agencies, the state universities and colleges, the government-owned or -controlled corporations and the local water districts who are under contract or job orders do not enjoy the same privilege with the regular employees.
Meanwhile, those who rendered service for less than four (4) months may still get their gratuity pay on a pro-rata basis. COS and JOs who worked for three months but less than four months of service will receive gratuity pay not exceeding P6,000.
Employees who work for two months but less than three months service will received a gratuity pay not exceeding P5,000 while those with less than two months service will get a pay not exceeding P4,000.
“Granting a year-end Gratuity Pay to COS and JO workers is a well-deserved recognition of their hard work and valuable participation in the implementation of various programs, activities, and projects (PAPs) of the government, and their pivotal role in the delivery of government services amidst the present socio-economic challenges,” the AO stated.
Do you want to know how to spend your 13th-month pay wisely? You may also apply these tips to your SRI or gratuity pay.