Re: Granting Incentives to Judges Who are Given Additional Assignments of Hearing and Deciding Cases of Other Branches of Their Courts or of Other Courts of the Same Level
On June 14, 2022, the Philippine Supreme Court approved a resolution granting new incentives to judges assigned additional cases in other branches or courts of the same level. Judges will receive an Additional Expense Allowance of ?2,000 per day for service in another branch, with a monthly cap of ?12,000 or ?16,000 depending on the number of additional assignments. Additionally, a monthly Judicial Incentive Allowance of ?1,000 will be given for each extra branch assigned. Judges are now required to submit a Certificate of Service detailing their trial days and proceedings, instead of a request for exemption.
June 14, 2022
EN BANC
A.M. No. 99-1-04-SC
RE: GRANTING INCENTIVES TO JUDGES WHO ARE GIVEN ADDITIONAL ASSIGNMENTS OF HEARING AND DECIDING CASES OF OTHER BRANCHES OF THEIR COURTS OR OF OTHER COURTS OF THE SAME LEVEL
NOTICE
Sirs/Mesdames :
Please take notice that the Court en banc issued a Resolution datedJUNE 14, 2022, which reads as follows:
"A.M. No. 99-1-04-SC (Re: Granting Incentives to Judges Who are Given Additional Assignments of Hearing and Deciding Cases of Other Branches of Their Courts or of Other Courts of the Same Level). — Acting on the Memorandum dated April 20, 2022 of Court Administrator Raul Bautista Villanueva relative to OCA Circular No. 139-2010, the Court Resolved to:
(a) APPROVE the following new rates of Additional Expense Allowance and Judicial Incentive Allowance that are granted to judges given additional assignments of hearing and deciding cases of other branches:
(i) Additional Expense Allowance of Two Thousand Pesos (P2,000.00) per one full day of service rendered in another branch or branches excluding the original station, but in no case to exceed Twelve Thousand Pesos (P12,000.00) a month, if assigned to an additional sala, or Sixteen Thousand Pesos (P16,000.00) a month, if assigned to two or more salas. Should the designation be limited to decision writing, judges shall be entitled to the additional expense allowance of Two Thousand Pesos (P2,000.00) for every case decided, provided that the disposition of consolidated cases shall be considered as a single decision only; and
(ii) A monthly Judicial Incentive Allowance of One Thousand Pesos (P1,000.00) for every additional branch that is assigned to them;
and
(b) AUTHORIZE the Office of the Court Administrator to change the guidelines stated in OCA Circular No. 139-2010 to reflect the following modified process: instead of writing the OCA requesting for exemption and/or advancing their explanations, the judges shall be required instead to submit a Certificate of Service as to the actual trial days, proceedings conducted and calendared cases in their official stations and in their additional assigned court/s, duly attested by the respective Clerks of Court." Lazaro-Javier, J., on official leave. (adv21)
By authority of the Court:
(SGD.) MARIFE M. LOMIBAO-CUEVASClerk of Court