PNP to receive Performance Enhancement Incentive (PEI) FY 2023
PNP to receive Productivity Enhancement Incentive (PEI)
FY 2023
Good news to all members of the Philippine National Police (PNP)!
The PNP Finance Service has
announced through their website the release of the Productivity/Performance
Enhancement Incentive (PEI) amounting to PHP 5,000 by December 15, 2023.
The
PEI shall be given not earlier than December 15 of every year to all qualified
government employees at Five Thousand Pesos (Php5,000) each to improve the
government employee’s productivity.
Guidelines on the Grant of the Productivity Enhancement Incentive
The
Productivity Enhancement Incentive of P5,000 shall be given to personnel not
earlier than December 15 of the current year, subject to the following
conditions:
1.
The employees are still in the service as of November 30 of the current year;
and
2. The employees have rendered at least a total or an aggregate of four (4) months of at least satisfactory service as of November 30 of the current year, including leaves of absence with pay.
3. Those who have rendered less than the total or aggregate of four (4) months of service but still in the service as of November 30 of the current year shall be entitled to pro-rated PEI, as follows:
4.
The PEI of an employee on part-time basis shall be pro-rated corresponding to
the services rendered. If employed on part-time basis with two (2) or more
agencies, an employee shall be entitled to proportionate amounts corresponding
to the services in each agency, provided that the total PEI shall not exceed
the authorized amount.
5.
The PEI of an employee who transferred from one agency to another shall be
granted by the new agency.
6. The PEI of an employee on detail to another government agency shall be granted by the parent agency.
7.
A
compulsory retiree, on service extension as of November 30 of the current year,
may be granted the PEI, subject to the pertinent conditions and guidelines
under this Circular.
8.
Personnel Charged With Administrative and/or Criminal Cases
Personnel
who were formally charged with administrative and/or criminal cases, which are
still pending for resolution, shall be entitled to PEI until found guilty by
final and executory judgment, provided that:
a. Those found guilty shall not be entitled to PEI in the year of finality of the decision. The personnel shall return the PEI received for that year.
b. If the penalty imposed is only a reprimand, the personnel concerned shall be entitled to the PEI.
Who are EXCLUDED of PEI?
Excluded
from the coverage of this Circular are those hired without employee-employer
relationships and funded from non-Personnel Services appropriations/budgets, as
follows:
1. Consultants and experts
hired for a limited period to perform specific activities or services with
expected outputs;
2. Laborers hired through
job contracts (pakyaw) and those paid on piecework basis;
3. Student workers and apprentices; and
4. Individuals and groups of people whose services are engaged through job orders, contracts of service, or others similarly situated.
The
PEI is among the benefits included in Executive Order 201, series of 2016. As
mandated by EO 201, the PEI is meant to improve the productivity of government employees.
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According to the Department of Budget and Management (DBM), Php 7.5billion has set aside for 2023 budget to finance the PEI grant some more that 1.5 million government personnel.
The
DBM said those covered by the PEI include all positions of civilian personnel
whether regular, casual, or contractual in nature, officials and employees of
local government unit and soldier and policemen.
The
PEI is granted to government workers, alongside the upward adjustment of the
salary schedule in the bureaucracy, and new benefits such as mid-year bonus
equivalent to one month basic salary.