President Ferdinand Marcos authorized the release of a one-time Service Recognition Incentive (SRI) at a uniform rate not exceeding Twenty Thousand Pesos (Php 20,000.00) for each of the following personnel in the Executive branch for Fiscal Year 2023. This new update was stated in his Administrative Order 12 s. 2023 entitled “AUTHORIZING THE GRANT OF SERVICE RECOGNITION INCENTIVE TO GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES FOR FISCAL YEAR 2023“. The Department of Education (DepEd) employees are expecting to receive SRI amounting Php 20,000.00 before the end of 2023. However, DepEd, as like last year, may not fulfill the said Service Recognition Incentive amount. The amount of SRI for DepEd may varies in the department’s saving and current financial status.
Service Recognition Incentive (SRI) is granted to government employees like DepEd personnel in order to honor their contribution in 2023. This incentive is part of administration’s ongoing efforts to create more efficient government operations and responsive public service delivery.
See Administrative Order 2 s 2022 Grant of Service Recognition Incentive (SRI), click here.
Service Recognition Incentive according to AO 12 s 2023
Administrative Order 12 s. 202r authorizes the grant of a one-time Service Recognition Incentive (SRI) at a uniform rate not exceeding Twenty Thousand Pesos (Php 20,000.00) for each of the following personnel in the Executive branch:
- Civilian personnel in national government agencies (NGAs), including those in state universities and colleges (SUCs) and government-owned or -controlled corporations (GOCCs), occupying regular, contractual or casual positions; and
- Military personnel of the Armed Forces of the Philippines under the Department of National Defense, and uniformed personnel of the Philippine National Police, Bureau of Fire Protection, and Bureau of Jail Management and Penology under the Department of the Interior and Local Government, the Bureau of Corrections under the Department of Justice, the Philippine Coast Guard under the Department of Transportation, and the National Mapping and Resource Information Authority under the Department of Environment and Natural Resources.
The grant of the SRI shall be subject to the following conditions:
- The civilian personnel are occupying regular, contractual or casual positions;
- The personnel are still in government service as of 30 November 2023;
- The personnel have rendered at least a total or an aggregate of four (4) months of satisfactory service as of 30 November 2023, inclusive of services rendered under any of the alternative work arrangements prescribed by the Civil Service Commission;
- Those who have rendered less than a total or an aggregate of four (4) months of satisfactory service as of 30 November 2023 shall be entitled to a pro-rated SRI, as follows:
| LENGTH OF SERVICE | PERCENTAGE OF INCENTIVE |
| 3 months but less than 4 months | 40% |
| 2 months but less than 3 months | 30% |
| 1 month but less than 2 months | 20% |
| Less than 1 month | 10 % |
and;
e. The employees have not received any additional year-end benefit in FY 2023 over and above the benefit authorized under Republic Act (RA) No. 6686, as amended by RA No. 8441.