Guidelines on the Grant of the Performance-Based Bonus (PBB) for Fiscal Year (FY) 2019

Guidelines on the Grant of the Performance-Based Bonus (PBB) for Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 under Executive Order No. 80, s., 2012 and Executive Order No. 201, s., 2016

MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR NO. 2019-1

1.0 PURPOSE

This Circular is issued to prescribe the criteria and conditions for the grant of the PBB for FY 2019 performance to be given in FY 2020. Essentially, the same criteria and conditions for FY 2018 PBB are being issued to support the Administration's focus on streamlining government services with the implementation of Republic Act (RA) No. 11032 known as the Ease of Doing Business (EODB) and Efficient Government Service Act of 2018 to simplify government processes and ensure citizen-centric public service delivery.

2.0 COVERAGE

This Circular covers all departments, bureaus, offices and other agencies of the National Government, including Constitutional Commissions, Congress, The Judiciary, Office of the Ombudsman, state universities and colleges (SUC5), and government-owned or controlled corporations (GOCCs); local water qistricts (LWDs); and local government units (LGU5).

2.1 The implementation of this circular shall be done in close coordination with the following agencies:

a. Department of Budget and Management (DBM) for the Departments and attached agencies;

b. Office of the President-Office of the Executive Secretary (OP-OES), Office of the Cabinet Secretary (OP-OCS), and DBM for the Other Executive Offices (OEOs), including the OP-attached agencies and GOCCs covered by DBM;

c. Commission on Higher Education (CHED) for the SUCs;

d. Governance Commission for GOCCs (GCG) for GOCCs covered by Republic Act No. 10149;

e. Local Water Utilities Administration (LWUA) for LWD5;

f. Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) for LGUs;

2.2 The personnel of departments/agencies holding regular, contractual and casual positons are covered by this Circular. Excluded from the coverage herein are individuals engaged without employer-employee relationship and funded from non-Personnel Services (PS) budget.

3.0 ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA

Each agency must satisfy the following conditions to be eligible for the grant of PBB. See Annex 1: Master List of Departments/Agencies and Prescribed Delivery Units in Departments/Agencies:

3.1 Good Governance Conditions (GGCs). Satisfy 100% of GGCs for FY 2019 as provided in Section 4.0.

3.2 Performance Targets of Agencies. Achieve each one of the Physical Targets, Support to Operations (STO) and General Administration and Support Services (GASS) requirements for FY 2019

a. For national government agencies and GOCCs covered by DBM, achieve the streamlining requirements of government services, achieve higher citizen/client satisfaction, and achieve fiscal discipline. The details of the requirements are indicated in Section 5.0 hereof;

b. For SUCs, achieve each one of the Congress-approved perrormance targets under the FY 2019 General Appropriations Act, and the FY 2019 STO and GASS requirements;

c. For GOCCs covered by RA No. 10149, achieve the targets reflected in their approved FY 2019 Perrormance Scorecard and eligibility requirements specified in a separate guideline to be issued by GCG;

d. For LWDs, achieve each one of the physical targets, STO and GASS indicators as identified by LWUA in a Joint Memorandum Circular to be issued by LWUA and DBM; and

e. For LGUs, achieve the performance targets based on the Guidelines on the Grant of PBB for LGUs to be issued by the AO 25 IATF and DILG.

3.3 Performance Rating System to be Used for Personnel in the First and Second Levels, and for Career Executive Service (CES) positions. Use the CSC-approved Strategic Performance Management System (SPMS) in rating the performance of the First and Second Level officials and employees of departments/agencies in NGAs, GOCCs and LGUs, including officials holding managerial or Director positions but are not Presidential appointees. The rating of the performance of Career Executive Service (CES) officers and incumbents to CES positions shall be based on the guidelines issued by the Career Executive Service Board (CESB).

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