The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) has announced that eligible government employees will begin receiving their year-end bonuses and cash gifts starting Wednesday, November 15.
To be eligible for these benefits, government employees must have served a minimum aggregate of four months between January 1 and October 31, 2023. Additionally, employees who remained in government service until October 31 are also qualified.
The year-end bonus is equivalent to one-month’s basic pay as of October 31, while the cash gift amounts to P5,000, according to the DBM.
“All positions for civilian personnel whether regular, contractual, or casual in nature, appointive or elective, full-time or part-time, created in the Executive, Legislative and Judicial Branches, the Constitutional Commissions and other Constitutional Offices, SUCS, and GOCCS covered by the CPCS under RA No. 6758, as amended by Senate and House of Representatives Joint Resolutions No. 1, series of 1994 and No. 4 series of 2009; and in LGUs,” the circular read.
Eligible government employees include members of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, uniformed personnel from the Philippine National Police, Philippine Public Safety College, Bureau of Fire Protection, Bureau of Jail Management and Penology, Philippine Coast Guard, and NAMRIA. Elective or appointive barangay officials or employees are also eligible for these benefits.
Source: PhilNews24 | November 15, 2023
