AUTHORIZING THE GRANT OF SERVICE RECOGNITION INCENTIVE TO GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES FOR FISCAL YEAR 2023

AUTHORIZING THE GRANT OF SERVICE RECOGNITION INCENTIVE TO GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES FOR FISCAL YEAR 2023

Section .1 Service Recognition Incentive for Employees in the Executive Department. This Order authorizes the grant of a one-time Service Recognition Incentive (SRI) at a uniform rate not exceeding Twenty Thousand Pesos (₽20,000.00) for each of the following personnel in the Executive branch:

a. Civilian personnel in national government agencies (NGAs), including those in state universities and colleges (SUCs) and government-owned or -controlled corporations (GOCCs), occupying regular, contractual or casual positions; and

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

Section 2. Conditions on the Grant of the SRI. The grant of the SRI shall be subject to the following conditions:

a. The civilian personnel are occupying regular, contractual or casual positions;

b. The personnel are still in government service as of 30 November 2023;

c. The personnel have rendered at least a total or an aggregate of four (4) months of satisfactory service as of 30 November 2023, inclusive of services rendered under any of the alternative work arrangements prescribed by the Civil Service Commission;

d. Those who have rendered less than a total or an aggregate of four (4) months of satisfactory service as of 30 November 2023 shall be entitled to a pro-rated SRI (see table)

e. The employees have not received any additional year-end benefit ni FY 2023 over and above the benefit authorized under Republic Act (RA) No. 6686, as amended by RA No. 8441.