Question & AnswerQ&A (CSC MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR NO. 42 S. 1992)
The primary basis is Section 12(2), Chapter 3, Book V of Executive Order No. 292, the Administrative Code of 1987, and Resolution No. 92-1560 dated October 15, 1992.
It applies to all officials and employees in the national and local governments, including those in government-owned and controlled corporations with original charters, state colleges and universities, judiciary, and legislature.
An employee must have completed at least 10 years of continuous and satisfactory service to the particular office granting the award.
They must establish a Department or Agency Employee Suggestion and Incentives Awards System and have it approved by the Civil Service Commission.
The service award consists of a loyalty pin (bronze, silver, or gold depending on years served) and a cash gift not exceeding P100 per year of service, contingent on agency savings.
For 10 to 15 years, a bronze pin; for 20 to 25 years, a silver pin; and for 30, 35, and 40 years, a gold pin.
Those who received an award at the 10-year mark will receive only the cash gift equivalent to the additional years served at the next milestone, e.g., at 15 years, only the cash gift for five additional years.
No, unsatisfactory ratings or findings of guilt in any administrative case are sufficient grounds to deny the loyalty award.
It took effect 15 days after its publication in a newspaper of general circulation following the adoption on October 15, 1992.
Section 7(e), Rule X of the Omnibus Rules implementing Book V of Executive Order No. 292 was amended.