A CONGRESSMAN on Sunday urged the Philippine Health and Budget departments to expedite their release of performance-based bonuses for government healthcare workers, which he said have been unpaid for the past three years.
“The delayed release of their bonuses is an insult to the sacrifices of health workers,” Party-list Rep. Wilbert T. Lee said in a statement in Filipino. “Let’s not wait for another year to pass before they receive it.”
The performance-based bonus is a government incentive program for its workers in a bid to increase productivity and service quality across all agencies, according to a Department of Budget and Management circular.
An organization of healthcare workers last month appealed for the government to release their performance bonus as they languish and struggle to make ends meet. — Kenneth Christiane L. Basilio
