President Rodrigo Duterte has approved up to P3,000 in gratuity pay for contract of service (COS) and job order workers in the government, according to a document released on Monday.
These workers are required to report for work "regardless of the varying forms of community quarantine" to stop the spread of COVID-19 and a year-end gratuity pay "is a well-deserved recognition of their hard work," Duterte said in Administrative Order 38.
The President said all COS and job order workers who have rendered at least four months of "actual satisfactory performance of services" as of Dec. 15 "may be granted a one-time gratuity pay not exceeding P3,000 each."
Those who rendered less than four months of service may be granted the gratuity pay, on the following pro-rata basis, Duterte said.
3 months or more but less than 4 months – Not exceeding P2,000
2 months or more but less than 3 months – Not exceeding P1,500
Less than 2 months – Not exceeding P1,000
Some 669,000 COS and job order workers were in government last year, said the Civil Service Commission.
The President earlier this month approved a one-time service recognition incentive of up to P10,000 to reward the performance of government employees this year.