Gov’t personnel to receive P10,000 Productivity Enhancement Incentive
TACLOBAN CITY — True to her promise of granting additional incentive to government employees, Pres. Gloria Macapagal Arroyo has issued Administrative Order No. 276 dated December 15, 2009 for the grant of Productivity Enhancement Incentive (PEI) for FY 2009 at maximum of P10,000.00.
Department of Budget and Management (DBM) Budget Circular (BC) No. 2009-5 dated December 15, 2009 provides the guidelines on the grant of the same. Covered by the grant of the incentive as provided in item 2.0 of the circular are civilian government personnel occupying regular, contractual, or casual positions; appointive or elective, rendering services on a full-time or part-time basis; military personnel of the AFP, DND; and uniformed personnel of the PNP, BFP, and BJMP under the DILG; PCG; and NAMRIA; and Local government personnel, including barangay personnel.
As specifically provided in the circular, government personnel in the service as of November 30, 2009, and have rendered at least a total or an aggregate of four (4) months of service during the year, shall be entitled to the PEI at a maximum amount of P10,000.00 each. Those who have rendered less than the total or aggregate of four (4) months of service as of November 30, 2009, shall be entitled to the pro-rated PEI as follows: 3 months but less than 4 months – 40%, 2 months but less than 3 months – 30%, 1 month but less than 2 months – 20% & less than 1 month – 10%.
The circular also stresses that those personnel who have received any authorized additional year-end benefit over and above the benefit authorized under Republic Act (RA) No. 6686, as amended by RA No. 8441, prior to the issuance of this Circular charged against the FY 2009 budget, shall refund any excess of the amount authorized or be entitled to the difference, if they received less than the authorized.
The DBM shall release the PEI for the national government agencies at P7,000.00 per employee. The remaining funding requirement of P 3,000.00 per employee shall be charged against their respective agency savings in allotment. If agency savings are insufficient to cover in full the P3,000.00 per employee, payment thereof shall be subject to the amount available as savings, provided that uniform amounts shall be given to all employees per agency. The PEI for personnel of GOCCs and GFIs at a maximum amount of P10,000.00 each shall be charged against the respective approved corporate operating budgets. In case of insufficiency of funds, they may implement partially, provided that the partial implementation shall be at a uniform amount for all qualified personnel.
Personnel in LGUs may also be granted PEI by their respective Sanggunian depending on the LGU financial capability. It shall be charged against the LGU funds subject to the budgetary conditions and Personal Services limitation in LGU budgets.
Personnel of the Senate, the House of Representatives, the Judiciary, the Office of the Ombudsman, and Constitutional Offices vested with fiscal autonomy may likewise be granted PEI by their respective heads of office, at rates not exceeding the amount of P10,000.00 chargeable against the available savings in allotments of their respective offices. (Juvy A. Lobedica/BMS I/PIO Designate)
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