Contract of service (COS) and job order (JO) workers in the government are set to receive gratuity pay not exceeding P5,000 after President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. signed Administrative Order (AO) No. 3 on Friday, Dec. 23.
Based on the directive, all COS and JO workers who have at least four months of actual satisfactory performance as of Dec. 15, 2022 are entitled to a one-time gratuity pay not exceeding P5,000.
“Granting a year-end gratuity pay to COS and JO workers is a well-deserved recognition of their hard work in implementing programs, projects and activities and pivotal role in the delivery of government services amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and present socio-economic challenge,” AO No. 3 reads.
Those who have rendered three months but less than four months of actual satisfactory performance may get a one-time grant no more than P4,000, while those who have rendered two months but less than three months may get up to P3,000.
An amount not exceeding P2,000 will also be granted to those who have rendered less than two months.
The order covers workers whose services are directly engaged through COS and JO by national government agencies, state universities and colleges, government-owned and controlled corporations, and local water districts.
Local government units are also enjoined to grant gratuity pay to their COS and JO workers receive the one-time rice assistance through Administrative Order No. 2. -AG
