PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has ordered the release of funds for service recognition incentives and gratuity pay to government employees this year.

Under Administrative Order No. 12, Marcos authorized the grant of a one-time Service Recognition Incentive (SRI) of P20,000 for government workers in the executive branch.

Those who are qualified to receive the P20,000 SRI are civilian personnel in national government agencies, including those in state universities and colleges (SUCs) and government-owned or controlled corporations (GOCCs), occupying regular, contractual, or casual positions.

Military personnel of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), uniformed personnel of the Philippine National Police (PNP), Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP), and Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP), uniformed personnel of the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor), the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG), and the National Mapping and Resource Information Authority of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) are also covered by the incentive.

The SRI is granted to civilian personnel occupying regular, contractual, or casual positions; personnel who are still in government service as of November 30, 2023; and personnel who have rendered at least four months of satisfactory service.

Administrative Order No. 13, meanwhile, authorizes the grant of a one-time gratuity pay of not more than P5,000 each for contract of service (COS) and job order (JO) government employees who have rendered at least four months of actual satisfactory performance of service, as stipulated in their respective contracts as of December 15, and whose contracts are still effective as of the same date.

COS and JOs of the national government agencies, state universities and colleges, government-owned or controlled corporations, and local water districts are qualified to receive the P5,000 gratuity pay.

Both the SRI and gratuity pay shall be given no earlier than December 15.