Year-End (13th Month) Bonus and Cash Gift
According to Budget Circular No. 2016 4, which requires that the aforementioned incentives such as Year-End (13th Month) Bonus and Cash Gift be paid to qualifying employees who meet the following requirements not earlier than November 15 of the current year, the year-end bonus and cash gift will be released.
Government workers nationwide will receive their year-end bonus and cash gift starting November 15. The year-end bonus (13th Month) is equivalent to a full month’s salary, while the cash gift amounts to 5,000 pesos. Employee has completed at least four (4) months’ worth of service between January 1 and October 31 of the current year. Employee remains to be in the government service as of October 31 of the current year.
See Also: Performance Based Bonus 2021: DepEd’s Update as of May
Computation for the Amount to be received by qualified employee
Those who have rendered at least a total or an aggregate of four (4) months of service from January 1 of the current year but who have retired or separated from government service before October 31 of the same year shall be granted within the month of retirement or separation, a prorated share of the:
a) Year-End Bonus based on the monthly basic pay immediately preceding the date of retirement or separation; and
b) Cash Gift of Php 5,000.00, as follows:
Year-End Bonus and Cash Gift of Employee with 3 or less month of service from January 1
Those who have rendered a total or an aggregate of less than four (4) months of service from January 1 to October 31 of the current year and are still in the government service as of October 31 of the same year, shall be entitled solely to a pro-rated Cash Gift pursuant to Section 2 of RA 8441, as follows:
Read Also: DepEd’s New Performance Based Bonus Guidelines on Eligibility Requirements and Accountability Matrix
Other important provisions regarding 13th Month Bonus and Cash Gift
- The Year-End Bonus and Cash Gift of personnel hired on part time service in one or more agencies shall be in direct proportion to the number of hours or days of part-time services rendered.
- The Year-End Bonus and Cash Gift of personnel on detail with another government agency shall be paid by the parent agency, while those on secondment shall be paid by the recipient agency.
- The Year-End Bonus and Cash Gift of personnel transferred from one agency to another shall be paid by the new agency.
- A compulsory retiree, whose services have been extended, may be granted Year-End Bonus and Cash Gift, subject to pertinent provisions of the Circular.
- Those who are formally charged administrative and/or criminal cases which are pending for resolution, shall be entitled to Year-End Bonus and Cash Gift until found guilty by final and executor judgment, provided that:
- Those found guilty shall not be entitled to the Year-End Bonus and Cash Gift in the year of the finality of the decision. The personnel shall refund the Year-End Bonus and Cash Gift received for that year;
- If the penalty imposed is only reprimand, the personnel concerned shall be entitled to Year-end Bonus and Cash Gift.
