GRANT OF FY 2023 MIDYEAR BONUS

In accordance with DBM Circular No. 2017-2 dated May 8, 2017, entitled "Rules and Regulations on the Grant of Midyear Bonus for FY 2017 and Years Thereafter, this Office will grant the said benefit to entitled personnel not earlier than May 15 of the current year subject to the following conditions:

1. Personnel has rendered at least a total or an aggregate of four (4) months of service from July 1 of the immediately preceding year to May 15 of the current year;

2. Personnel remains to be in the government service as of May 15 of the current year;

3. Personnel has obtained at least a satisfactory performance rating in the immediately preceding rating period, or the applicable performance appraisal period. If there is a need for a shorter period it shall be at least ninety (90) calendar days or three (3) months provided that the total or aggregate service under item 1 hereof complied with;

4. Those who have rendered a total or an aggregate of less than four

(4) months of service from July 1 of the preceding year to May 15 of the current year, and those who are no longer in the service as of the latter date, shall not be entitled to Mid-Year Bonus;

5. The Mid-Year Bonus of personnel who transferred from one agency to another shall be paid by the new agency;

6. Those who are formally charged with administrative and/or criminal cases which are still pending resolution, shall be entitled to the bonus until found guilty by final and executory judgment: Provided, that:

6.1 Those found guilty shall not be entitled to Mid-Year Bonus in the year of the finality of the decision. The personnel shall refund the Mid- Year Bonus received for that year;

6.2 If the penalty imposed is only a reprimand, the personnel concerned shall be entitled to the Mid-Year Bonus.

7. The General Payroll of the qualified personnel under the Schools Division Office Proper, Elementary Schools, and Senior High Schools shall be processed by the SDO Payroll Unit and will be paid out of the SDO Personal Services (PS) Fund, while qualified personnel under the Junior High Schools shall be sourced out of the school's PS Fund subject to usual budgeting, accounting and auditing rules and regulations.

8. Immediate and wide dissemination of this Memorandum is directed.