DBM: Mid-year bonus included in gov’t employees’ pay hike

Division of Funds and Administration (DBM) Secretary Amenah Pangandaman. (File Photograph)

MANILA, Philippines — The mid-year bonus of presidency employees can be included within the first tranche of their wage enhance to be launched this 12 months.

Funds Secretary Amenah Pangandman made the assertion on Monday after asserting that the Division of Funds and Administration (DBM) has already launched the rules on the elevate.

“Retroactive from January [2024], kasama din ang mid-year bonus,” Pangandaman informed reporters in Malacañang in an opportunity interview.

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She mentioned the quantity can be launched as early as this month (August), relying on the federal government businesses.

“Itong month na ito maibibigay ang retroactive nila [pero] depende sa company,” she famous.

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Computation of the adjustment

Pangandaman mentioned the DBM has already launched its pointers, and she or he already despatched it to all nationwide authorities businesses to start “the computation of the adjustment.”

“So it’s as much as the departments now, businesses at lahat na mag-implement ng adjustment para mapabilis ang pag launch ng changes na ito,” she went on.

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The DBM earlier revealed that the primary of the four-tranche wage will increase for nationwide authorities staff will begin this 12 months, retroactively from January 2024, and adopted by yearly wage changes from January 2025 to January 2027.

In a press convention, Pangandaman mentioned the prevailing Private Companies (PS) funds can be utilized to hold out the required wage adjustments, with any shortfalls to be lined by the Miscellaneous Personnel Advantages Fund (MPBF).

“They will use their current PS na meron sila ngayon, and no matter po ’yung kulang, ’yun po ’yung kukunin natin sa MPBF,” the price range secretary defined.

First tranche

“We’ve earmarked P36 billion underneath the MPBF for the implementation of the primary tranche of SSL VI (Wage Standardization VI) this 12 months,” Pangandaman confused.

“In the meantime, within the 2025 Nationwide Expenditure Program, we have now allotted some P70 billion pesos, additionally underneath the MPBF, for the second tranche and changes of the primary tranche,” she added.

Underneath the primary tranche, the common price of wage enhance from Wage Grade-1 (SG-1) to SG-31 can be 4.41 p.c, bringing the compensation of presidency staff to 84.33 p.c of the market.

On the Sub-Skilled Stage (SGs 1 to 10), the rise can be between 4 p.c and 5.20 p.c, that means – the minimal fundamental wage (SG-1) can be adjusted from P13,000 to P13,530, leading to a P530 enhance.

Skilled stage

On the Skilled Stage (SGs 11 to 24), the rise will vary from 4.50 p.c to five.60 p.c.

For Managerial Stage (SGs 25 to twenty-eight), the rise can be inside 4.15 p.c to 4.40 p.c; whereas for Government Stage (SGs 29 to 31), will probably be from 2.65 p.c to three.90 p.c; and for Prime Leaders (SGs 31 to 33), the rise can be inside 2.35 p.c to 2.40 p.c.

It was on August 2 when President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. signed the order for presidency employees’ wage enhance and extra allowance.

The wage hike will apply to all civilian authorities personnel within the Government, Legislative and Judicial Branches; Constitutional Commissions; different Constitutional Workplaces; Authorities-Owned or Managed Firms (GOCCs) not lined by Republic Act 10149 or the “GOCC Governance Act of 2011” and EO No. 150 (s. 2021), and the native authorities.

In an episode on tv program Malacañang Insider, Pangandaman clarified that whereas employees within the nationwide authorities will benefit from the retroactive implementation of the wage enhance, the identical gained’t occur to native authorities staff whose enhance will solely be efficient upon the discharge of the EO or on August 2.

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