Implementing Guidelines on Productivity Incentive Benefits for CY 2003

February 23, 2004 DOF DEPARTMENT ORDER NO. 012-04 ( Overtaken by D.O. 26-16) IMPLEMENTING GUIDELINES ON PRODUCTIVITY INCENTIVE BENEFITS FOR CY 2003 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, No. 2001-6 dated 02 March 2001 and No. 2002-3 dated 02 January 2002 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 accomplished New Performance Appraisal System (NPAS) for two semesters in CY 2003 and with at least Satisfactory performance rating shall be entitled to P2,000.00; (2) For Employees on Scholarship: Employees on attendance in training course/scholarship grant shall be entitled to PIB provided that their Performance Ratings for the last two (2) rating periods 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 provided their Performance Ratings for two semesters in CY 2003 is at least Satisfactory; 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 provided their Performance Ratings for two semesters in CY 2003 is at least Satisfactory; (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 2003; (5) The remaining rank & file employees who shall 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 2003 not later than 30 April 2004. (6) PIB for Third Level employees, Assistant Directors and above, shall be covered by a separate Order. DTAHEC This Order shall take effect immediately. (SGD.) JUANITA D. AMATONG Secretary