Provl employees to get additional 5T bonus
Provincial government employees have more reasons to be happy this holiday season as each of them will receive additional P5,000 in their bonuses.
This was announced by Governor Niel Tupas, Sr. yesterday during the Christmas party of provincial capitol employees.
Tupas said he approved the extra bonus because the province incurred savings of P31 million in its personnel expense for the year.
Tupas said the provincial employees, totaling more than 2,000, would then be receiving a total of 15,000 each.
The extra bonus will be distributed December 27 and 28 next week. The employees received their P10,000 bonus early this week.
Those who can avail of the extra bonus are regular and casual employees.
In previous years, the Tupas administration gave 14th month pay to provincial government employees.
It was however questioned by the Commission on Audit and was later ruled to be illegal so it was not continued.
This time, Tupas said, there is no legal impediment to the giving of extra bonus to employees as it is allowed by law to appropriate funds coming from the savings of the local government.