MARAWI
CITY, Lanao del Sur, June 2 (PIA) ---- Employees of the Autonomous
Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) will receive bonuses from the national
government after the region passed the Good Governance Conditions (GCC),
an official said on Saturday.
ARMM Governor Mujiv Hataman said
ARMM employees are entitled to the 2014 Performance-Based Bonus (PBB)
and 2015 Performance Enhancement Incentive (PEI), which would be
released this year.
“Hindi lang ang ORG (Office of the Regional
Governor) kundi lahat ng ARMM agencies ang pumasa sa performance-based
bonus. Ang hinihintay na lang natin ay ang announcement ng Department of
Budget and Management, pero definitely qualified na tayo para sa PBB
(It is not only the Office of the Regional Governor, which passed the
performance-based bonus. We are just waiting for the announcement from
the Department of Budget and Management but we are definitely qualified
to receive the bonuses),” the governor said.
The PBB system is a
merit-based incentive program that recognizes and rewards exemplary
performance in government. It is a bonus that is given to employees
based on their performance and contributions to the accomplishment of
their department’s overall targets and commitments.
Under the
system, an employee may receive from P5,000 to as much as P35,000, from
the national government, depending on his/her performance, i.e., ‘good’,
‘better’, or ‘best’. Hataman said employees with “good performance must
be recognized and encouraged.”
“More than just the cash
incentives, since we passed the PBB, we can proudly say we raised the
standard in the leadership and administration of ARMM,” Hataman added.
The
PEI, on the other hand, will be equivalent to an employee’s one-month
salary, but only if an agency, or department, fulfils a number of
requirements.
Departments and agencies should have achieved 90%
of their targets, of which Hataman said, was complied with by the
agencies in the region, specifically with respect to at least two
performance indicators.
Agencies should have posted the
Transparency Seal and their respective Citizen’s Charter on their
websites. If an agency cannot fulfil any of these requirements, its
employees will receive a fixed amount of P5,000 as their PEI.
The
bonus will cover all civilian personnel occupying regular, contractual
and casual positions. However, the bonus will not cover consultants, job
orders, and student laborers and apprentices.
Hataman lauded the
efforts and hard work by the regional executives, heads of agencies,
and the employees for having complied with the requirements even as the
attempt was made for the first time in more than two decades of
existence of the autonomous regional government.
A total of P30.6
billion has been set aside for PEI, which will be distributed no
earlier than June 1, 2015. (Bureau of Public Information/APB/PIA-10) -
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