The Makati City government is set to give around 7,310 city hall employees P3,000 each as anniversary bonus in line with the 350th Araw ng Makati foundation day celebration on Monday.
Mayor Abigail Binay said all regular, casual and contractual employees of city hall are entitled to the anniversary bonus. The recipients consist of 3,425 regular employees, 3,876 casual, and nine contractual.
“This is our simple way of giving back to our valued employees who have been our reliable partners in delivering services to our constituents for the past years. We appreciate how readily they have responded to the call of duty during this pandemic, putting public welfare before their own,” she said.
Binay also noted that due to the COVID-19 pandemic, all activities scheduled for this year’s anniversary celebration have been cancelled due to the crisis.
“At this time of uncertainty, we give priority to initiatives aimed to help Makatizens, including our city employees, cope well with the challenges brought on by the ongoing crisis,” the city chief executive said.
Last April, the city government granted hazard pay and special risk allowance to all qualified city hall frontliners who have reported for duty during the Enhanced Community Quarantine period.
Through City Ordinance No. 2020-092, the city has been authorized to allocate P124,453,000 to fund the said compensation. Previously, City Ordinance No. 2018-013 has granted duty risk pay for eligible city government personnel rendering hazardous or perilous work relating to disaster risk reduction and management (DRRM).
The benefit was extended to regular, casual, and contractual personnel of the city government who were exposed to great danger. Occupational risk, perils of life and physical hardship were also considered in granting occupational duty risk pay.
In lieu of the traditional festivities marking Araw ng Makati on June 1, the city has presented Mga Kwentong Pamana (Stories of Heritage) series on its social media platforms. The historic accounts posted with a collection of centuries-old photos highlight the city’s rich cultural heritage and remarkable achievements for the past three and a half centuries.
San Pedro de Makati was founded in 1670 as a “visita” of Sta. Ana de Sapa under the Franciscans. In 1901, it was included in the province of Rizal as "Makati" and became part of Metro Manila in 1975. On January 2, 1995, Makati became a city by virtue of Republic Act 7854.