The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) said the 2022 and 2023 performance-based incentives to qualified government workers will still be released despite the President’s order to streamline the incentives schemes.
The DBM yesterday issued a statement to shed light on several concerns on the issuance of Executive Order (EO) No. 61 that suspends the implementation of Administrative Order (AO) No. 25 and EO 80.
The President recently issued the EO to streamline and harmonize the Results-Based Performance Management System (RBPMS) and Performance-Based Incentive (PBI) System in government.
AO 25 established a unified and integrated RBPMS across all departments and agencies within the Executive branch of government, while EO 80 adopted a PBI System, consisting of Productivity Enhancement Incentive (PEI) and the Performance-Based Bonus (PBB).
“We wish to emphasize that the release of the 2022 and 2023 performance-based incentives to qualified government workers in the government will proceed,” the DBM said.
“The EO only seeks to review the RBPM and PBI systems of the government in order to harmonize, streamline and make the process of releasing personnel incentives more efficient and timely,” the agency added.
Malacanang said the two systems have been duplicative and redundant and lacked a review mechanism.
It makes compliance burdensome, bureaucratic, laborious and time consuming for government agencies, the Palace said.
“Under the EO, possible refinements may be made for the more efficient and streamlined release of the 2023 PBB,” the DBM said.
“The budget allocation for the 2024 PEI has already been comprehensively released to agencies and shall also proceed. Meanwhile, the 2025 PEI shall also be included in the National Expenditure Program,” the agency added.
