At least 8,462 workers of the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) will get their performance-based bonus this week, Secretary Conrado Estrella III on Monday announced.
He thanked all DAR employees who worked hard, especially during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2021.
“With this bonus, we hope to inspire the best performers to continue their exemplary work in DAR, be a model to their colleagues, and prod others to work even harder to serve agrarian reform beneficiaries better,” he said.
The bonus was an incentive mechanism given to reward government employees for good governance and meritorious performance of a government agency.
Ninety-two percent of the 8,462 DAR employees will receive the performance-based bonus, following a stringent evaluation of their performance at work for year 2021.
For this, DAR received P141.31 million from the Department of Budget and Management.
“This evaluation tool, the PBB, will help strengthen the accountability of DAR offices and DAR public servants to perform their mandated duties,” the DAR chief noted.
Under the guidelines, eligible agencies, departments and local government units are judged based on dimensions of accountability — performance results, process results, and citizen or client satisfaction results.
“I am very proud that the DAR scored 85 points; and for this, the employees will get 55.25 percent of their 2021 basic salary,” Estrella said.
