Requested from DBM by A. Padilla at 10:56 AM on
Sep 15, 2021.
Purpose: To seek Legal Basis for the Request of PS Deficiency
Date of Coverage: 09/15/2021 - 09/15/2021
Tracking no: #DBM-191688855726
Padilla 10:56 AM, Sep 15, 2021
Good Morning po,
Are we allowed to pay Hazard Pay, kahit walang PS savings? Then irequest nalang kay DBM yung any PS deficiency before the end of the year? Thank you.
Any Legal Basis po for this?
Will appreciate your prompt response on the matter.
Central Records Division 01:24 PM, Sep 16, 2021
September 16, 2021
Dear Anjo Ellis,
Thank you for your request dated Sep 15, 2021 under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch, for Request for Legal Basis.
We received your request on Sep 15, 2021 and will respond on or before Oct 06, 2021 10:56:30 AM, in accordance with the Executive Order's implementing rules and regulations.
Should you have any questions regarding your request, kindly contact me using the reply function on the eFOI portal at https://www.foi.gov.ph/requests/aglzfmVmb2ktcGhyHQsSB0NvbnRlbnQiEERCTS0xOTE2ODg4NTU3MjYM, for request with ticket number #DBM-191688855726.
Thank you.
Respectfully,
FOI Officer
Bureau 03:17 PM, Sep 16, 2021
September 16, 2021
Dear Anjo Ellis Padilla,
Greetings!
Thank you for your request dated Sep 15, 2021 10:56:30 AM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch.
You are requesting for clarification on whether an agency may be allowed to grant Hazard Pay to its personnel despite the absence of Personnel Services (PS) savings.
May we note that there are several forms of Hazard Pay, such as those received by Public Health Workers, and Science & Technology Workers. In this regard, we are assuming that you are referring to the grant of COVID-19 Hazard Pay to those physically reporting for work during the Enhanced Community Quarantine period in their respective work stations.
For your perusal, attached are the following issuances relative to the grant of the COVID-19 Hazard Pay:
- Administrative Order No. 26, s. 2020, entitled “Authorizing the Grant of COVID-19 Hazard Pay to Government Personnel Who Physically Report for Work During the Period of Implementation of the Enhanced Community Quarantine Relative to the COVID-19 Outbreak”;
- DBM Budget Circular No. 2020-1, entitled “Guidelines on the Grant of the COVID-19 Hazard Pay”; and
- Administrative Order No. 43, s. 2021, entitled “Authorizing the Grant of COVID-19 Hazard Pay to Government Personnel Who Physically Report for Work During the Period of Implementation of the Enhanced Community Quarantine and a Modified Enhanced Community Quarantine, Amending Administrative Order No. 26 (s. 2020), and For Other Purposes”.
Thank you.
Respectfully,
Organization and Position Classification and Compensation Bureau
FOI Receiving Officer
Attachments:
BUDGET-CIRCULAR-NO-2020-1.pdf
Padilla 04:24 PM, Sep 16, 2021
Sir/ Ma'am I am referring to COVID-19 Hazard Pay, and my question was not answered po.
Section 3 of AO 26 provides that the
funds needed for the grant of the COVID-
19 Hazard Pay to employees in the Executive Branch shall be charged against the following sources:
a. For NGAs and SUCs the amount
required for personnel occupying
regular, contractual or casual
positions shall be charged
against their available released
Personnel Services (PS)
allotments, while the amount
required for COS or JO workers
shall be charged against their
available released Maintenance
and Other Operating Expenses
(MOOE) allotments, without
need for prior authority from the
DBM, provided that all authorized
mandatory expenses shall have
been paid first.
Should an NGA
or SUC have insufficient PS or
MOOE allotments, as the case
may be, to fully cover the
COVID-19 Hazard Pay at the
rate of P500.00 per day per
person, a lower but uniform
rate may be granted for all
Further, Item 5.1 of Budget Circular (BC) No.2020-01 provides that:
a. The amount required for
personnel occupying regular,
contractual or casual positions
shall be charged against their
available released Personnel
Services (PS) allotments, while
the amount required for COS or
JO workers shall be charged
against their available released
Maintenance and Other
Operating Expenses (MOOE)
allotments, without need for prior
authority from the DBM, provided
that all authorized mandatory
expenses shall have been paid
first.
b.Should an NGA or SUC have
insufficient PS or MOOE
allotments, as the case may be,
to fully cover the COVID-19
Hazard Pay at the rate of
P500/day per person, a lower
but uniform rate may be
granted for all qualified
personnel.
My question is, can we used our available PS to cover the COVID-19 pay of 500 pesos per person and should it result to a deficit in PS allotment, said deficit may be requested to DBM.
Is this correct?
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