Rules and Regulations on the Grant of the Mid-Year Bonus to Gov't Personnel FY 2021

Rules and Regulations on the Grant of the Mid-Year Bonus for FY 2017 and Years Thereafter

This Circular is issued to prescribe the rules and regulations on the grant of the Mid-Year Bonus to government personnel for FY 2017, and years thereafter, pursuant to Executive Order (EO) No. 201, s. 2016, entitled “Modifying the Salary Schedule for Civilian Government Personnel and Authorizing the Grant of Additional Benefits for Both Civilian and Military and Uniformed Personnel,” and Section 57 of the General Provisions under Republic Act (RA) No. 10924 or the FY 2017 General Appropriations Act (GAA).

Coverage

All positions for civilian personnel, whether regular, casual, or contractual in nature, appointive or elective, full-time or part-time, now existing or hereafter created in the Executive, Legislative and Judicial Branches, the Constitutional Commissions and other Constitutional Offices, SUCs, and GOCCs covered by the Compensation and Position Classification System (CPCS) under RA No. 6758, as amended by Congress Joint Resolution No. 1, series of 1994, and No. 4, series of 2009, and in LGUs; and,

Military personnel of the Armed Forces of the Philippines under the Department of National Defense and uniformed personnel of the Philippine National Police, Philippine Public Safety College, Bureau of Fire Protection, and Bureau of Jail Management and Penology of the Department of the Interior and Local Government; Philippine Coast Guard of the Department of Transportation; and National Mapping and Resource Information Authority of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources.

Exclusions

The following are excluded from the coverage of this Circular:

Government personnel from agencies, including GOCCs, that are exempted from RA No. 6758, as amended, as expressly provided in their respective enabling law or charter, and are actually implementing their respective CPCS approved by the President of the Philippines;

Government personnel from GOCCs covered by the CPCS established by the Governance Commission for GOCCs and approved by the President of the Philippines pursuant to RA No. 10149, and

Those hired without employee-employer relationships and funded from non-Personnel Services appropriations/budgets, as follows:

Consultants and experts hired for a limited period to perform specific activities or services with expected outputs;

Laborers hired through job contracts (pakyaw) and those paid on piecework basis;

Student-workers and apprentices; and

Individuals and groups of people whose services are engaged through job orders, contracts of service, or others similarly situated.

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Budget Circular No. 2017-2 (DOWNLOAD)