Angeles City employees to get additional P17K bonus

ANGELES CITY-- City hall employees are set receive an additional P17,000 bonus on December 2022.

A total of 1,230 employees – 872 permanent, 343 casual, and 15 contractual – will get the additional bonus.

Meanwhile, the 3,100 Contract of Service (COS) employees who are qualified for the P3,000 yearend gratuity will receive theirs on December 7, 2022.

This is according to Memorandum No. 1385, Series of 2022 issued on September 15, 2022 by

Mayor Carmelo “Pogi” Lazatin, Jr.

The P17,000 additional benefits for the 1,230 city government employees including the Productivity Enhancement Incentive worth P5,000 which will be released on Dec. 14; Collective Negotiation Agreement (CNA) bonus worth P6,000 on December 22; and the Service Recognition Incentive worth P6,000 which is to be released to the 1,230 workers on Dec. 29.

This is apart from their tax-free yearend bonus, equivalent to one-month basic salary, which is set to be released on November 15.

The grant of the year-end bonus is in accordance with Republic Act (RA) No. 66861, as amended by RA No. 8441, and under the Department of Budget Management Circular No. 2016-4.

“Ito po ay bilang kapasalamatan sa dedikasyon at serbisyo ng mga manggagagawang Angeleños sa gitna ng pandemya,” Lazatin said. “The city government has also enough funds allotted to grant the cash incent i ves."

Flordeliza Santos, president of the Association of Government Employees for a New Dynamic Angeles City (AGENDA),said the administration of Lazatin continues to look out for the welfare of the employees.

“Christmas came early for all the government employees because of [ Lazatin] . Maraming salamat po mayor sa patuloy na pagmamahal sa aming mga empleyado. Hindi pa po namin hinihingi, ibinibigay na po ninyo,” Santos said.