The bulk of the P65,000 bonus of each of the about 3,400 Negros Occidental employees and casuals are expected to be released by Monday, December 20.
To be released are the P25,000 Collective Negotiation Agreement (CNA) bonus, P25,000 Incentive Benefit for Exemplary Services and P5,000 Performance Based Incentive, Provincial Administrator Rayfrando Diaz said Wednesday, December 15.
They are waiting for the Department of Budget and Management memorandum circular to release the P10,000 Service Recognition Incentive, but the funds for it are ready, he said.
Legal prohibitions prevent them from granting job order and contract of service workers bonuses, he said.
However, they can be granted a maximum gratuity pay of P3,000 each, which will also be released this Christmas, he said.*