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ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 57
ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 57 -
PRESCRIBING THE GUIDELINES FOR THE ADVANCE PAYMENT OF ONE-HALF (1/2) OF
THE AMOUNT OF THE CHRISTMAS BONUS AND CASH GIFT FOR CY 1993 UNDER
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 6686 TO GOVERNMENT PERSONNEL
I, FIDEL V. RAMOS, President of the
Republic of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by
law, do hereby order:
1.0. COVERAGE
1.1. All government personnel whether under regular,
temporary or casual status, and contractual personnel whose employment
are in the nature of a regular employee, who have rendered at least a
total of four (4) months of service including leaves of absence with
pay in the government from January 1 to May 15, 1993 and who are still
in the government service as of May 15, 1993 are entitled to the
benefit herein authorized.
1.2. Government personnel with pending cases, whether
or not they are under preventive suspension, those on leave without pay
and those absent without official leave (AWOL) shall not be entitled to
the benefits herein authorized.
2.0. RULES AND REGULATIONS
2.1. The benefits herein authorized involves the
advance payment of one-half (1/2) of the amount of the Christmas Bonus
and Cash Gift for CY 1993 under R.A. No. 6686. Said benefits shall be
deducted in full from the total amounts due the official/employee
during the regular payment of the Christmas Bonus and Cash Gift for CY
1993.
2.2. Officials/employees who availed of the benefits
herein authorized and who resign and/or are separated from government
service for whatever cause before October 31, 1993 shall be required to
refund the amount received.
For this purpose, the head of the office/agency concerned and such
other officials/employees who took part in the grant of subject
benefits shall cause the deduction of the above advance payments from
any benefits, including against the last salary, due the
official/employee whose government service ends before October 31, 1993.
2.3. An official employee who is on full-time or
part-time detail with another government office/agency or special
project shall receive his benefits under this order from his mother
agency. In the case of personnel paid from project funds, the benefits
shall be drawn from the same source where he draws his salary .
No one shall receive the benefits under this Order from more than one
source.
2.4. Officials and employees who are employed on a
part-time basis are entitled to the benefits provided herein
corresponding to the basic salary he is actually receiving and a
pro-rata amount of the P1,000.00 Cash Gift. Those, who by the nature of
their employment, are on part-time service in one agency is equivalent
to one-half day service, shall be entitled in each agency, provided
that the total benefits shall not exceed the equivalent amount provided
in this Order.
2.5. The benefits under this Order of an
official/employee who has transferred from one agency to another shall
be paid by his new Office.
3.0. RELEASE OF FUNDS AND PAYMENT OF SAID BENEFITS
3.1. The Department of Budget and Management is
hereby directed to release the necessary funds to concerned government
offices out of the amounts provided for the purpose in R.A. No. 7645,
the 1993 General Appropriations Act.
3.2. Agencies, however, may use whatever cash is
available from their Common Funds to pay the benefits herein authorized
without waiting for the receipt of the Advice of Allotment and Notice
of Cash Allocation for the purpose.
4.0. FUNDING SOURCE
4.1. In the case of the personnel of regular
government offices and agencies, the amounts required shall be taken
from the approved appropriations for the purpose under the General
Appropriations Act for CY 1993.
4.2. In the case of government-owned and/or
controlled corporations (GOCCs) and government financial institutions
(GFIs), the amounts required shall be sourced fully from their
corporate funds.
4.3. In the case of local government units (LGUs),
the amounts required shall be sourced fully from their respective local
funds.
5.0. RESPONSIBILITY OF THE HEAD OF AGENCY
The head of concerned government offices/agencies shall be held
responsible and personally liable for any payment of the benefits
herein authorized not in accordance with the provisions of this Order,
without prejudice, however, to the refund of any excess payment by the
employee concerned.
6.0. AUTHORIZED DEDUCTIONS
The benefits herein authorized shall not be subject to GSIS, Pag-Ibig
Fund premiums and income tax deductions. These deductions will be made
when the remaining one-half (1/2) of the benefits for CY 1993 is
granted on or after November 15, 1993.
7.0. CASES NOT COVERED
Cases not covered by the provisions of this Order shall be submitted to
the Secretary of Budget and Management for appropriate evaluation and
resolution.
8.0. EFFECTIVITY
This Order shall take effect immediately.
Done in the City of Manila,
this 1st day of June in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and
Ninety-Three.
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