ILOILO – The Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) will hold a special session this week to approve a supplemental budget for the service recognition incentive (SRI) and rice allowance of provincial government employees.
According to Gov. Arthur Defensor Jr., he requested the special session.
“Ang masarangan nga mahatag sa SRI ihatag naton…kag ginatan-aw naton kon may ara pa gid kita sang gratuity pay (for job hires and contract of service). Ginahulat naton ang executive order and guidelines from the national government,” said Defensor.
He intends to give regular employees not exceeding P20,000 for their SRI and 25 kilos of rice for all employees, including job hires and contract of service (COS) workers.
Recently, the capitol gave P25,000 in collective negotiation agreement (CNA) incentive to regular employees including their 13th month pay.
The 14th SP passed a supplemental budget worth P35,250,000 to fund the CNA incentive for 1,410 qualified or regular capitol employees.
Aside from the regular capitol employees, the 785 regular and casual plantilla employees from 12 district hospitals and the Iloilo Provincial Hospital in Pototan town also received CNA incentive.
For the gratuity pay, meanwhile, Defensor said the provincial government will give as per the order of President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr.
Last weekend, Marcos ordered the grant of gratuity pay for COS and job order (JO) government workers in an effort to recognize their hard work.
According to the Office of the Press Secretary (OPS), Marcos signed on Dec. 23, Administrative Order No. 3, which granted COS and JO government workers a one-time gratuity pay not exceeding P5,000.
Qualified for the gratuity pay are those who have rendered at least four months of “actual satisfactory performance,” as stipulated in their respective contracts, as of Dec. 15, 2022, and whose contracts are still effective as of the same date.
“Granting a year-end gratuity pay to COS and JO workers is a well-deserved recognition of their hard work in implementing programs, projects and activities and pivotal role in the delivery of government services amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and present socio-economic challenge,” the order reads.
For those who have rendered less than four months of actual satisfactory performance of service, they may also be granted a one-time gratuity pay on a pro-rata basis, which are the following:
- an amount not exceeding P4,000 for three months but less than four months
- an amount not exceeding P3,000 for those who have rendered two months but less than three months
- an amount not exceeding P2,000 for those who have rendered less than two months. (With a report from Philippine Daily Inquirer)/PN
