Govt workers in NCR no longer entitled to hazard pay under ALS–CSC exec

GOVERNMENT workers in the National Capital Region (NCR) will no longer qualify for a hazard pay, according to the Civil Service Commission (CSC).

In a television interview on

Monday, CSC Commissioner Aileen Lizada disclosed she was informed by the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) that under the Alert Level System (ALS), NCR is no longer under enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) or modified ECQ (MECQ).

Under existing government guidelines, only public servants in ECQ and MECQ areas are entitled to hazard pay due to the novel coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic.

Since the ALS was piloted last Thursday, NCR was placed under Alert Level 4.

“Alert Levels 1 to 4 is equivalent to GCQ [general community quarantine] and Alert Level 5 is ECQ. So hazard pay may be paid once the area is placed under Alert Level 5 po in NCR,” Lizada said, citing the explanation of DBM.

Lizada said DBM would come out with an updated circular on the implementation of hazard pay once the ALS is rolled out nationwide.

Lizada also said CSC is currently conducting an online job fair as part of its celebration of the 121st Philippine Civil Service Anniversary.

She said 2,660 job vacancies nationwide from 127 government agencies will be made available in the virtual event, which will run from September 20 to 24, 2021.

The CSC official said interested applicants may fill up a Personal Data Sheet on their Jobstreet account, which she said could both be filed for free.