QUEZON City Mayor Herbert Bautista on Monday announced the release of the mid-year bonus for over 5,000 permanent employees of the city government before school opening.
He gave the regular workers the assurance of the release of their benefits not later than May 30.
He said he has already signed a memorandum as early as April 6, ordering the city budget, accounting and treasury heads to release all available funds needed for the payment of the benefits.
The grant of the benefits in compliance with the circulars of the Department of Budget and Management could be able to help parents send their children to school this school year and to cope with the various school expenses, he said.
Bautista said the mid-year bonus is equivalent to one-half of the employee’s monthly basic salary, plus the one-half of the P5,000 cash gift.
The remaining half will be given to the employees in November, he said.
Those covered by the incentive are all elective and appointive regular city-paid personnel who have rendered at least four months of service to the city government, inclusive of leaves of absence with pay from Jan. 1 to April 30 of this year.
Personnel who are employed on a part-time basis are also entitled to said benefits, corresponding to the salary he or she is presently receiving and a pro-rata amount of the cash gift, provided they have rendered the minimum four-month service requirement.
Employees with pending administrative cases who qualify otherwise, shall also be entitled to these benefits provided that they are not on suspension or preventive suspension as of the cut-off date for the submission of names to the city personnel office, which will oversee the payroll preparation.