DBM Budget Circular No. 2023-2 “Guidelines on the Grant of SRI to Government Employees for FY 2023“
Administrative Order (AO) No. 12 dated December 7, 2023 authorizes the grant of a one-time Service Recognition Incentive (SRI) for FY 2023 at a uniform rate not exceeding Twenty Thousand Pesos (P20,000) for each qualified government employee.
The issuance of AO No. 12, s. 2023 is in accordance with Section 17(iv) of Congress Joint Resolution No. 42 dated June 17, 2009, which authorizes the President, upon the recommendation of the Department of Budget and Management (DBM), to update the Compensation and Position Classification System for civilian personnel, Base Pay Schedule for mil1tary and uniformed personnel, and policies on and levels of allowances, benefits, and incentives applicable to all government personnel.
The one-time SRI for FY 2023 is being granted to qualified government personnel in recognition of their collective and invaluable contribution to the government’s continuing efforts in pursuing the objectives, commitments, targets, and deliverables under the Philippine Development Plan 2023-2028 and the President’s 8-Point Socioeconomic Agenda.
Purpose
This Circular is issued to prescribe the guidelines on the grant and the funding of the SRI for FY 2023 pursuant to AO No. 12, s. 2023.
Coverage
The guidelines in this Circular cover the following employees:
3.1. Civilian personnel in national government agenctes (NGAs), including those in sues and GOCCs, occupying regular, contractual or casual positions;
3.2. Military personnel of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, 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;
3.3. Employees in the Legislative and Judicial Departments and other offices vested with fiscal autonomy;
3.4. Employees in LGUs; and
3.5. Employees in LWDs
Exclusions
Those engaged without an employer-employee relationship and whose compensation are funded from non-Personnel Services (PS) appropriations/budgets are excluded from the grant of the SRI, such as:
4.1. Consultants and experts engaged for a limited period to perform specific activities or services with expected outputs;
4.2. Laborers engaged through job contracts (pakyaw) and those paid on piecework basis;
4.3. Student-workers and apprentices; and
4.4. Individuals and groups of people whose services are engaged through job orders, contracts of service, or others similarly situated.
Conditions and Guidelines on the Grant of the One-Time SRI
The grant of the SRI shall be subject to the following conditions and guidelines:
5.1. The civilian personnel are occupying regular, contractual or casual positions.
5.2. The personnel are still in government service as of November 30, 2023.
5.3. The personnel have rendered at least a total or an aggregate of four (4) months of satisfactory service as of November 30, 2023, inclusive of services rendered under any of the alternative work arrangements prescribed by the Civil Service Commission.
5.4. Those who have rendered less than a total or an aggregate of four (4) months of service as of November 30. 2023 shall be entitled to a pro-rated SRI, as follows:
| Length of Service | Percentage of Incentive |
| 3 months but less than 4 months | 40% |
| 2 months but less than 3 months | 30% |
| 1 month but less than 2 months | 20% |
| Less than 1 month | 10% |
5.5. The employees have not received any additional year-end benefit in FY 2023 over and above the benefits authorized under Republic Act (RA) No. 6686, as amended by RA No. 8441.
5.6. The personnel have not been found guilty of any administrative or criminal cases by final and executory judgment in FY 2023. If the penalty imposed is only a reprimand, the personnel concerned shall be entitled to the SRI.
5.7. The SRI of an employee on part-time basis shall be pro-rated corresponding to the services rendered. If employed on part-time basis with two (2) or more agencies, an employee shall be entitled to proportionate amounts corresponding to the services in each agency, provided that the total SRI shall not exceed the authorized amount.
5.8. The SRI of an employee who transferred from one agency to another shall be granted by the new agency.
5.9. The SRI of an employee on detail to another government agency shall be granted by the parent agency.
5.10. A compulsory retiree, on service extension as of November 30, 2023, may be granted the SRI, subject to the pertinent conditions and guidelines under this Circular.
Full Text of DBM Budget Circular on SRI 2023
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