• GILBERT P. BAYORAN
Capitol employees will have to wait next year to receive their expected Performance Based Bonus (PBB), after the provincial government of Negros Occidental was included among the awardees for the 2023 Seal of Good Local Governance.
Engr. Ruben Diamante, president of the Progressive Alliance of Capitol Employees (PACE), yesterday disclosed that the PBB is a big addition to the salary of government employees, as it comprises 60 percent of their base pay.
Employees of the provincial government of Negros Occidental are not entitled to receive PBB this year, as the Capitol failed to make it as a winner of the 2022 SGLG.
Only seven local governments in Negros Occidental are eligible to grant the 2022 performance-based bonus to its officials and employees, according to a notice of eligibility for the LGUs, dated November 23, as issued by the Department of Interior and Local Government.
As to the other year-end bonuses of Capitol employees, Diamante said they will wait for the formal announcement of Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson during his birthday on Dec. 13.*
