Exclusion from the Grant of the COVID-19 SRA
Section 3. Exclusion from the Grant of the COVID-19 SRA. Those engaged without employer-employee relationship and funded from non-Personnel Services (PS) appropriations/budgets, except as authorized under Section 2 of this Order, are excluded from the grant of the SRA, such as, but not limited to, the following: a. Consultants and experts engaged for a limited period to perform specific activities or services with expected outputs; b. Laborers engaged through job contracts (pakyaw) and those paid on piecework basis; c. Student workers and apprentices; and d. All individuals and group of individuals whose services are engaged through COS or JO, including BHWs, who are not assigned in hospitals and healthcare facilities. Section 4. COVID-19 SRA for PHWs of NGAs and GOCCs. The amount required for personnel occupying regular, contractual, casual or part-time positions in NGAs shall be charged against their available released PS allotments, while the amount required for COS/JO workers shall be charged against their available released Maintenance and Other Operating Expenses (MOOE) allotments, without need for prior authority from the Department of Budget and Management (DBM), provided that all authorized mandatory expenses shall have been paid first. In case of insufficient PS or MOOE allotments, the agencies concerned shall submit to the DBM a Special Budget Request duly supported by a list of entitled personnel with the corresponding amounts required. The DBM shall release funds chargeable against the available appropriations that may be identified pursuant to the pertinent provisions of RA No. 11469, without need of further approval from the Office of the President. For GOCCs, the amount required shall be charged against their respective approved corporate operating budgets for FY 2020. A GOCC which does not have sufficient funds to fully cover the amount authorized herein may grant the same at a lower but uniform rate for all qualified personnel. Section 5. COVID-19 SRA for PHWs in the LGUs. The grant of the SRA to PHWs in the LGUs, including BHWs, shall be determined by their respective sanggunians depending on the LGU's financial capability, at rates not exceeding the amounts authorized herein, subject to: (a) the PS limitations under RA No. 7160 or the "Local Government Code of 1991," in the case of employees of the LGU; (b) available MOOE allotments in the case of COS/JO workers and BHWs; and (c) conditions set in this Order, chargeable against the FY 2020 funds of the LGU. Should there be insufficient funds to fully cover the COVID-19 SRA, a lower but uniform rate may be granted for all qualified personnel. Section 6. Guidelines on the Grant of the COVID-19 SRA. As may be necessary, the DBM shall issue supplemental guidelines for the effective implementation of this Order. Section 7. Separability. If any provision of this Order is declared invalid or unconstitutional, the other provisions not affected thereby shall remain valid and subsisting. Section 8. Repeal. All issuances, orders, rules and regulations or parts thereof which are inconsistent with the provisions of this Order are hereby repealed or modified accordingly.