Ineligibility for Christmas Cash Gift
- Not entitled to the cash gift are:
- Basic Survivorship Pensioners and Dependent Pensioners
- Deferred annuitants who have received lump sum guaranteed pensions and are within the guaranteed period, resuming monthly pensions after December 15, 2004.
- Separated Members who left service before the age of 60 and will start regular monthly pensions after December 15, 2004.
Amount of the Christmas Cash Gift
- The gift equals one month’s pension.
- The maximum amount is capped at P12,600.00.
Financial Provisions and Fund Requirements
- Projected total number of beneficiaries: 130,684 (comprising old-age, retirement, and disability pensioners).
- Average amount per recipient: P4,960.
- Total estimated fund needed: P623 million.
Adoption and Implementation
- The resolution was adopted on November 22, 2004, during Board Meeting No. 29.
- The grant is confirmed as approved under GSIS Resolution No. 239.