Marcos order grants gratuity pay to COS, JO gov't workers

President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. on Friday signed an administrative order granting gratuity pay for contract of service (COS) and job order (JO) government workers.

According to Administrative Order No. 3, government workers whose services are engaged through COS and JO may be granted a one-time gratuity pay not exceeding P5,000.

The employees concerned also must have rendered a total or an aggregate of at least four months of actual satisfactory performance of service, as stipulated in their respective contracts, as of December 15, 2022, and whose contracts are still effective as of the same date, 

“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,” the order read.

Those government workers who have rendered less than four months of actual satisfactory performance of service may also be granted a one-time gratuity pay on a pro-rata basis an amount not exceeding P4,000 for three months but less than four months.

Meanwhile, an amount not exceeding P3,000 for those who have rendered two months but less than three months, while an amount not exceeding P2,000 for those who have rendered less than two months.

It also covered workers whose services are directly engaged through COS and JO by national government agencies (NGAs), state universities and colleges (SUCs), government-owned and controlled corporations (GOCCs), and local water districts.

The local government units are also enjoined to adopt in their respective offices the grant of gratuity pay to their COS and JO workers, the order stated.

Government employees who were also rendering services through JO, COS, or other similarly situated working arrangements are likewise eligible to receive the one-time rice assistance authorized by the President through Administrative Order No. 2. —NB, GMA Integrated News