Implementing Guidelines on Productivity Incentive Benefits for CY 2001

March 25, 2002 DOF DEPARTMENT ORDER NO. 004-02 ( Overtaken by D.O. 26-16) IMPLEMENTING GUIDELINES ON PRODUCTIVITY INCENTIVE BENEFITS FOR CY 2001 Pursuant to Administrative Order No. 161 dated 06 December 1994 and National Compensation Circular Nos. 73 and 73-A dated 27 December 1994 and 01 March 1995, respectively, and Circular Letters No. 3-97 dated 31 January 1997 and No. 2001-6 dated March 2, 2001 of the Department of Budget and Management, an across-the-board grant of P2,000.00 Productivity Incentive Benefit shall be granted to all employees of the Department based on the following guidelines: (1) All employees with New Performance Appraisal System (NPAS) for two semesters in CY 2001 and with at least Satisfactory performance rating shall be entitled to P2,000.00; (2) For Employees on Scholarship: THaCAI Employees on attendance in training course/scholarship grant shall be entitled to PIB provided that their last two (2) performance ratings immediately preceding their attendance to such activity is at least Satisfactory; (3) For Employees on Leave of Absence: Employees on leave of absence with pay, continuous or intermittent, for not more than ninety (90) days or three (3) months in a given calendar year shall be entitled to PIB; Employees on leave of absence, with pay, for more than ninety (90) days in one (1) rating period shall not be paid PIB; Employees on leave of absence without pay for not more than thirty (30) days, continuous or intermittent, for one (1) rating period or a total of sixty (60) days in a given calendar year shall be paid PIB; (4) For Newly-Hired Employees: Newly-hired employees of the Department shall be entitled to PIB provided they were hired during the 1st quarter. No PIB shall be paid if hired after the 1st quarter of 2001; (5) Employees who may not be included in this batch of grantees may be entitled to an across-the-board PIB of Two Thousand Pesos (P2,000.00), provided they submit the required NPAS for CY 2001 not later than April 30, 2002; HEDCAS (6) All Third Level employees, Assistant Director and above, shall be entitled to a P2,000.00 PIB provided they have been given rating under CESPES by their superior/subordinates. This Order shall take effect immediately. (SGD.) JOSE ISIDRO N. CAMACHO Secretary