Section 8 of Republic Act (RA) No. 114662 stipulates that the existing
Year-End Bonus equivalent to one (1) month basic salary and Cash Giftof Five thousand pesos (P5,000.00), which are categorized under the
Standard Allowances and Benefits component of the Total Compensation
Framework, shall be given in November of every year.
Section 68 of the General Provisions of the FY 2024 General
Appropriations Act states that the Year-End Bonus equivalent to one (1)
month basic salary and additional Cash Gift of Five thousand pesos
(P5,000) provided under RA No. 66863, as amended by RA No. 84414,
shall be given in November of each year pursuant to RA No. 11466.
Relatedly, BC No. 2016-4 provides the updated rules and regulations for
the grant of the Year-End Bonus and Cash Gift.Under Item 6.1 thereof, the Year-End Bonus and Cash Gift shall be given
to entitled government personnel not earlier than November 15 of the
current year, subject to the prescribed conditions.
It has been observed that government personnel continue to experience
delays in receiving bonuses and cash gifts, affecting their morale,
motivation and level of job satisfaction.
Corollary, the streamlining of the payroll process of each agency will
mitigate the internal and external causes of delay in the payment of the
benefits. A streamlined process will increase productivity and efficiency,
ensuring that the Year-End Bonus and Cash Gift will be granted on
schedule.
Section 6.1 of DBM BC No. 2016-4 is hereby amended, as follows:
"6.0 Guidelines on the Grant of the Year-End Bonus and Cash Gift
Government employees who are qualified (or “entitled”) will receive two benefits:
A Year-End Bonus equal to one month’s basic salary, based on their salary as of October 31, and
A ₱5,000 Cash Gift,
👉 These will be released together (at the same time) with the first agency payroll for November of the current year — as long as certain conditions are met.
 NO 2016-4¹ ON PAYMENT OF YEAR-END BONUS AND CASH GIFT){kind=link}
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