Bontoc welfare workers entitled to hazard pay
>> Friday, February 11, 2022
By Alpine Killa- Malwagay
BONTOC, Mountain Province – Regular employees of the Municipal Social
Welfare and Development Office of the municipal government here are now
entitled to a hazard pay of P1, 000 monthly.
Mayor Franklin Odsey approved the ordinance passed by the Sangguniang Bayan granting other bonuses and allowances (hazard pay) to the regular employees of the MSWDO.
Sponsored by Sangguniang Bayan member Jerome Tudlong, Jr., Mayor Odsey along with the SB members gave a nod for the passage of Ordinance No. 343, s. 2021 recognizing that employees of the MSWDO are exposed to hazardous work area as they attend to emergency operations where their lives are placed at risk.
Local officials said the country experienced natural calamities such as typhoons and southwest monsoon that caused flooding and render many roads impassable in many areas in the municipality.
During these situations, personnel of the MSWDO play a vital role in addressing the needs of the affected communities through the provision of humanitarian assistance and among others.
The officials added personnel of the MSWDO are also at risk as they attend to emergency operations and in the discharge of their functions.
With these situation, Odsey said personnel of MSWDO should receive hazard pay as they are also in the frontline in any natural or man-made disasters.
“Our personnel from the MSWDO deserve to be fairly compensated for their sacrifices especially since they face inevitable risk while working on the ground,” the mayor added.
The allocation and payment of hazard pay for Public Social Workers are mandated under Republic Act 9433, otherwise known as the Magna Carta for Social Workers.
Also, Dept. of Budget and Management circular 451, s. 1996 provides compensation premium or allowance may be provided to officials and employees, who because of their nature of work, are exposed to hazard may be covered with the prescribed hazard pay.
Meanwhile, the Sangguniang Bayan earlier passed ordinance 330, s. 2021, granting other bonuses and allowances (hazard pay) to regular employees of the Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office.
The said ordinance was sponsored by Councilors Jerome Tudlong, Jr., and Alsannyster Patingan.
It was stipulated in the ordinance that affected personnel will receive their hazard pay starting February 2021 irrespective of the date of its approval and affectivity.
The ordinance stipulates MDRRMO personnel stake their lives to give humanitarian assistance or save lives of those affected by calamities.
Odsey approved the ordinance recognizing that said employees are among the human resource of the Bontoc municipal government who are exposed to hazardous work areas as they attend to emergency operations where their lives are placed at risk.
He added the hazard pay is equitable compensation for the services they provide and due to the environment where they are being exposed in the performance of their assigned duties and responsibilities as disaster risk reduction and management workers.
The ordinance states that all regular employees of the MDRRMO shall be entitled to the prescribed hazard duty pay which shall be P1, 000 per month regardless of their period of exposure.
Section 3, Article 8 of the 1987 Constitution provides that the State shall protect labor, promote full employment, provide equal opportunities regardless of gender, race, or creed and regulate employee-employer relations.
DBM National Budget Circular No. 451, series of 1996 provides that compensation premium or allowance may be provided for officials and employees, who, because of the nature of their work, are exposed to hazards.
Provisions of the circular explain that those in work areas where rescue operations or evacuations had to be carried out due to natural calamities, where the rescuers are directly and exposed to harm, danger, or occupational risk or perils to life in the course of performing their duties, may be covered with the prescribed hazard duty pay.
Under the circular, officials and employees who are directly involved in rescue operations shall be entitled to hazard duty pay at the maximum rate per month regardless of the period of exposure.
Mayor Franklin Odsey approved the ordinance passed by the Sangguniang Bayan granting other bonuses and allowances (hazard pay) to the regular employees of the MSWDO.
Sponsored by Sangguniang Bayan member Jerome Tudlong, Jr., Mayor Odsey along with the SB members gave a nod for the passage of Ordinance No. 343, s. 2021 recognizing that employees of the MSWDO are exposed to hazardous work area as they attend to emergency operations where their lives are placed at risk.
Local officials said the country experienced natural calamities such as typhoons and southwest monsoon that caused flooding and render many roads impassable in many areas in the municipality.
During these situations, personnel of the MSWDO play a vital role in addressing the needs of the affected communities through the provision of humanitarian assistance and among others.
The officials added personnel of the MSWDO are also at risk as they attend to emergency operations and in the discharge of their functions.
With these situation, Odsey said personnel of MSWDO should receive hazard pay as they are also in the frontline in any natural or man-made disasters.
“Our personnel from the MSWDO deserve to be fairly compensated for their sacrifices especially since they face inevitable risk while working on the ground,” the mayor added.
The allocation and payment of hazard pay for Public Social Workers are mandated under Republic Act 9433, otherwise known as the Magna Carta for Social Workers.
Also, Dept. of Budget and Management circular 451, s. 1996 provides compensation premium or allowance may be provided to officials and employees, who because of their nature of work, are exposed to hazard may be covered with the prescribed hazard pay.
Meanwhile, the Sangguniang Bayan earlier passed ordinance 330, s. 2021, granting other bonuses and allowances (hazard pay) to regular employees of the Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office.
The said ordinance was sponsored by Councilors Jerome Tudlong, Jr., and Alsannyster Patingan.
It was stipulated in the ordinance that affected personnel will receive their hazard pay starting February 2021 irrespective of the date of its approval and affectivity.
The ordinance stipulates MDRRMO personnel stake their lives to give humanitarian assistance or save lives of those affected by calamities.
Odsey approved the ordinance recognizing that said employees are among the human resource of the Bontoc municipal government who are exposed to hazardous work areas as they attend to emergency operations where their lives are placed at risk.
He added the hazard pay is equitable compensation for the services they provide and due to the environment where they are being exposed in the performance of their assigned duties and responsibilities as disaster risk reduction and management workers.
The ordinance states that all regular employees of the MDRRMO shall be entitled to the prescribed hazard duty pay which shall be P1, 000 per month regardless of their period of exposure.
Section 3, Article 8 of the 1987 Constitution provides that the State shall protect labor, promote full employment, provide equal opportunities regardless of gender, race, or creed and regulate employee-employer relations.
DBM National Budget Circular No. 451, series of 1996 provides that compensation premium or allowance may be provided for officials and employees, who, because of the nature of their work, are exposed to hazards.
Provisions of the circular explain that those in work areas where rescue operations or evacuations had to be carried out due to natural calamities, where the rescuers are directly and exposed to harm, danger, or occupational risk or perils to life in the course of performing their duties, may be covered with the prescribed hazard duty pay.
Under the circular, officials and employees who are directly involved in rescue operations shall be entitled to hazard duty pay at the maximum rate per month regardless of the period of exposure.
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