Authorizing the Grant of Hazard Pay to Government Personnel Who Physically Report for Work During the Period of Quarantine

DepEd MEMORANDUM No. 032 ,s.2021

Republic of the Philippines

Department of Educagion

11 JUN 2021

DISSEMINATION OF ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 43

(Authorizing the Grant of Hazard Pay to Government Personnel Who Physically Report for Work During the Period of Implementation of An Enhanced Community Quarantine and A Modified Enhanced Community

Quarantine, Amending Administrative Order No. 26 (s. 2020), and for Other Purposes)

To: Undersecretaries Assistant Secretaries

Minister, Basic, Higher, and Technical Education, BARMM

Bureau and Service Directors Regional Directors

Schools Division Superintendents

Public Elementary and Secondary School Heads All Others Concerned

1. For the information and compliance of all concerned, enclosed is a copy of Administrative Order No. 43, s. 2021 from the Office of the President dated June 1, 2021, titled, Authorizing the Grant or Hazard Pay to Government Personnel Who Physically Report for Work During the Period or Implementation or An Enhanced Community Quarantine and A Modified Enhanced Community quarantine, Amending Administrative Order No. 26 (s. 2020), and for Other

Immediate dissemination of this Memorandum is desired.

(Enclosure to DepEd Memorandum No. 032, s. 2021)

MALAC AN PALACE

MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 43

AUTHORIZING THE GRANT OF HAZARD PAY TO GOVERNMENT PERSONNEL WHO PHYSICALLY REPORT FOR WORK DURING THE PERIOD OF IMPLEMENTATION OF AN ENHANCED COMMUNITY QUARANTINE AND A MODIFIED ENHANCED COMMUNITY QUARANTINE, AMENDING ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 26 (S. 2020), AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

WHEREAS, Proclamation No. 922 (s. 2020) declared a State of Public Health Emergency in recognition of the COVID-19 public health event as a threat to national security, and prompted a whole-of-government approach in addressing the COVID-19 outbreak in the country;

WHEREAS, Proclamation No. 1021 extended the period of the State of Calamity throughout the Philippines for a period of one year, effective 12 September

202(t.fp 12 September 2021;

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WHEREAS, pursuant to the recommendation of the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATFa_for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases under its Resolution No. 106., l(s. 2021), the President imposed an Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) in the 1National Capital Region and other provinces beginning 27 March 2021 until 04 April 2021, and was subsequently extended until 11 April 2021;

.. .· WHEREAS, upon the recommendation of the IATF through its Resolution No. 109 Ji\ ( s, 2021), various areas in the country were placed under a Modified ECQ

 

· ii. ! WHERE AS, goverment employees occupying regular, contractual or casual

pos[tions, or those engaged through the contract of service (COS), job order (JO) or other similar schemes, whose  services are urgently essential and who physically report for work' during the period of an ECQ and MECQ, are inevitably exposed to the risk of

CQ\./10-19 infection and other similar health dangers and hazards; and

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::\ ' WHEREAS, Joint Resolution No. 4 (s. 2009) authorizes the grant of Hazard

Pay· to government personnel exposed to hazardous situations, such as, but not limited to, disease-infested places, which pose occupational risks or perils of life;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, RODRIGO ROA DUTERTE, President of the Republic of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested In me by the Constitution and existing laws, do hereby order:

THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

Section 1. Section 1 of Administrative Order (AO) No. 26 is hereby amended

as follows:

"SECTION 1. Grant of the COVID-19 Hazard Pay. National government agencies (NGAs) including state universities and colleges (SUCs) and government­ owned or-controlled corporations (GOCCs) are authorized to grant COVID-19 Hazard Pay to personnel who physically report for work during the Implementation of an Enhanced Community Quarantine and Modified Enhanced Community Quarantine in their respective work stations, in an amount not exceeding PSOO per day per person

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Section 2(b) of AO No. 26 is hereby amended as follows:

"SECTION 2. Conditions on the Grant of the COVID-19 Hazard Pay. The heads of government agencies may grant the COVID-19 Hazard Pay to their personnel without the need of further approval of the Department of Budget and Management (DBM), provided the following conditions are met:

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b. The personnel have been authorized to physically report for work at their respective offices or work stations on the prescribed official working hours by the head of agency or office during the period of implementation of Enhanced Community Quarantine and Modified Enhanced Community Quarantine measures in the area of such office or work station; and

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:""": ·J, S ection 3 (b) of AO No. 26 is hereby amended as follows:

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:' :; _' rs ECTION3". FundlngSources for COVID-19 Hazard Pay for Employees In

1i i the Executive Branch. The funds needed for the grant of COVID-19 Hazard Pay to

:, \"employees in the Executive Branch shall be charged against the following sources:

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b. For GOCCs, the amount required shall be charged against their respective approved corporate operating budgets (COBs) for the current fiscal year.

i . . Should a:GOCChave insufficient funds to fully cover the COVI0-19 Hazard

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Pay at P500 per day per person, a lower but uniform rate may be granted for all qu lified personnel."

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I Section 5 of AO No. 26 is hereby amended as follows;

. ; . . "SECTION 5.1COVID-19Hazard Pay for Employees In the LGUs. The grant

;, ·' : of the COVID-19 Hazard Pay to employees in LGUs, including those in the barangays,

J,. who physically report for work as provided in Section 2(b) of this Order, shall be determined by theirs. respective Sanggunians depending on the LGU's financial: i capability, at rates not exceeding PSOO per day per person, subject to: (a) the PS the limitation in LGU budgets under Republic Act (RA) No. 7160, and (b) the other ' · conditions under Section 2 hereof, chargeable against the current year's local government funds. Should an LGU have insufficient funds to fully cover the COVI0-19

Hazard Pay at the rate of lil500 day per person, a lower but uniform rate may be granted for all qualified personnel."

Section 2. Except for the foregoing amendments, all other provisions of AO

No. 26 shall remain unchanged.

Section 3. This Order shall take effect immediately upon its publication in the Official Gazette or In a newspaper of general circulation