7 Common Conditions to Comply to Legally Receive up to ₱30,000.00 CNA Incentive (Government Employees)
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The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) releases the guidelines on the grant of Collective Negotiation Agreement Incentive (CNAI) which sets the policies, procedures and conditions to comply in order to receive up to ₱30,000.00 CNA incentive.
In this article we give you seven (7) common conditions to be eligible and legally receive up to ₱30,000.00 worth of CNA incentive.
Note: These conditions are based on the guidelines issued by the DBM in previous years. This may change depending on the guidelines that will be issued by the DBM for a particular year.
Condition 1: Existence of a CNA
In order to legally grant the CNA incentive, there should be a valid and subsisting CNA executed between the representatives of the management and the employees’ organization accredited by the CSC as the sole and exclusive negotiating agent for the purpose of collective negotiations with the management of a department, line bureau, attached agency, Constitutional Office, SUC, GOCC, LWD, or LGU. (Item 4.1.1.a of BC No. 2024-4)
Condition 2: Expressed Provision
The grant of the CNA Incentive must be stipulated (or expressed) in the Collective Negotiation Agreement (CNA) or in supplements thereof. (Item 4.1.1.b of BC No. 2024-4)
Condition 3: Accomplishment of Target
The accomplishment of targets as provided in Item No. 4.1.2.a to 4.1.2.d of BC No. 2024-4 shall be complied with in order to grant the CNA incentive.
Condition 4: Submission of Accountability Reports
The agencies concerned should have submitted to DBM their respective accountability reports as of a certain date in order to grant the CNA incentive. (Item No. 4.1.3 of BC No. 2024-4)
Condition 5: Allowable Funding Source
For NGAs, including Constitutional Offices and SUCs, the payment of CNA incentive is usually sourced solely from the allowable funding sources under the Maintenance and Other Operating Expenses (MOOE) as provided in Item 4.3 of BC No. 2024-4, viz:
(a) Communication Expenses;
(b) Repairs and Maintenance Expenses;
(c) Suppiies and Materials Expenses;
(d) Transportation and Deiivery Expenses;
(e) Traveling Expenses;
(f) Utility Expenses;
(g) Printing and Publication Expenses;
(h) Advertising Expenses; and
(i) Subscription Expenses
Provided further that the agency requirements have been considered and the same have become available as a result of cost-cutting and systems improvement measures undertaken collectively by the agency and its personnel, as identified in their respective CNAs and supplements thereof. (Item No. 4.3.1 of BC No. 2024-4)
For GOCCs, the CNA Incentive shall be sourced solely from the total MOOE level under their respective DBM-approved Corporate Operating Budget (COB) provided that the conditions set by the DBM, as applicable, are also complied with.
For Local Water Districts (LWDs) , the CNA Incentive shall be sourced solely from the allowable MOOE allotments, as enumerated in the guidelines issued by the DBM. (Item No. 4.3.5 and 4.1.2.c of BC No. 2024-4)
For local government units (LGUs), the CNA Incentive shall be sourced solely from the allowable MOOE allotments, as enumerated in the guidelines issued by the DBM, under their respective approved LGU budgets.
Condition 6: Period and manner of payment
The CNA Incentive is a one-time benefit which shall be granted not earlier than December 15 of the year but not later than
December 31. It cannot be given immediately upon signing and ratification of the CNA as this will transform the CNA Incentive into a CNA Signing Bonus which the Supreme Court, in the case of Social Security System vs. COA, has prohibited for not being a truly reasonable compensation. (Item No. 4.4.1 and 4.4.2 of BC No. 2024-4)
Condition 7: Approval by the Agency Head
The payment of the CNA Incentive shall be subject to the approval by the Agency head and made only during the validity of appropriations. (Item No. 5.1.3 of BC No. 2024-4)
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