PERFORMANCE-BASED BONUS, KAILAN IBIBIGAY NG DEPED?
In the context of the Department of Education (DepEd) in the Philippines, a performance-based bonus (PBB) is a financial incentive given to eligible DepEd employees who have demonstrated outstanding performance in achieving their targets and deliverables within a performance period.
The PBB is one of the components of the Performance-Based Incentive System (PBIS) which aims to motivate and reward government employees who have contributed significantly to the achievement of the agency's goals and objectives. The PBIS covers employees in national government agencies, including the DepEd.
The amount of PBB to be received by an employee depends on his or her individual performance rating and the overall performance rating of the DepEd. The PBB is computed as a percentage of the employee's annual basic salary and is released on a staggered basis, depending on the availability of funds and the completion of the validation and approval process.
It is worth noting that the PBB is not a regular bonus and is not automatically given to all DepEd employees. It is subject to certain eligibility criteria and performance standards set by the agency.
STATEMENT FROM ACT-TEACHERS
SOURCE: https://www.facebook.com/photofbid=610662751091571&set=pcb.610662867758226
“Our teachers’ complaints about the overly delayed release of Performance-based Bonus 2021 (PBB 2021) are valid and legitimate. For months, the Department of Education has left us in the dark and the status of our benefits remained in the shadows while the agency devoted so much time in red-tagging our unions,” hit Ruby Bernardo, President of ACT National Capital Region Union.
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Department of Education’s (DepEd) announced only yesterday that the Performance-based Bonus 2021 (PBB 2021) for eligible DepEd employees is now undergoing assessment, with warning against “shadowy groups” who purportedly whip up “treacherous tales to ignite distrust and anger against the agency.”
“Bago pa matapos ang taong 2022 ay nagtatanong na ang mga guro sa DepEd kung kumusta na ang aming PBB 2021 pero walang sagot ang ahensya, ni-ha, ni-ho. Malinaw ang sagot ng Department of Budget and Management NCR na as of Abril 12, 2023 ay hindi pa nakakasumite ang DepEd ng mga kailangang rekisito, mula nang ideklara na eligible ang DepEd sa PBB 2021 noong Enero 26, 2023. Maliwanag na may kapabayaan dito kung kaya nababalisa na ang mga guro—atrasado ang pagsusumite ng mga rekisito kung kaya delayed ang benepisyo, at hindi nagbibigay ng update ang ahensya sa gitna ng delay,” narrated Bernardo.
“Finally, the DepEd has given an update, and, at last, it has reportedly submitted the requitements for the release of our benefits. We cannot understand, however, where its animosity to teachers who speak up for their rights is coming from, especially when the agency is yet to explain why there is delay in the release of our PBB 2021,” argued Bernardo.
“Tungkulin ng mga unyon na bantayan, protektahan at isulong ang pagkakamit ng karapatan sa paggawa ng mga miyembro nito. Sa nakaraang mga taon, napansin namin na patagal nang patagal ang pagbibigay ng PBB kung kaya kami nangangalampag:
PBB 2013- released in January 2015
PBB 2014- released in September 2015
PBB 2015- released in December 2016
PBB 2016- released in March 2018
PBB 2017- released in February 2019
PBB 2018- released in April 2020
PBB 2019- released in June 2021
PBB 2020- released in February 2022
PBB 2021- still processing as of April 19, 2023
“As such, It is only our duty to demand an explanation and an improvement in the system,” Bernardo concluded.
Credits: ACT-Teachers FB
