President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo has granted a P10,000 performance bonus to all state workers who have been in government service for at least four months, presidential spokesman Ignacio Bunye announced yesterday.

Administrative Order No. 213 signed by the president authorizes the grant of the performance bonus for this year.

Those entitled to receive the performance bonus are all personnel of national government agencies, government-owned or controlled corporations, and government financial institutions, Bunye said.

Under the Order, government personnel hired whether on permanent, temporary, casual or contractual basis who have rendered at least four months of service as of Nov. 30, 2007 are entitled to receive the one time grant of a maximum of P10,000 as performance bonus, the executive order states.

Those who have rendered less than four months of service as of Nov. 30, 2007 are also entitled to receive the bonus on a pro-rated basis as follows:

* Three months but less than four months, 40 percent;

*Two months but less than three months, 30 percent;

* One month but less than two months, 20 percent; and

* Less than one month, 10 percent.

The Order stated that the Department of Budget and Management will release additional funds to cover P7,000 for each personnel of national government agencies while the remaining P3,000 shall be uniformly funded through the availability of savings of each respective agency, Bunye said.

The President said the granting of performance bonus is in line with her policy to improve the economic welfare of state workers and in recognition of their contribution to the robust growth of the economy and the “commendable effort exerted by government agencies in attaining efficiency in government operations that contributed to the generation of savings,” Bunye also said.*

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