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SBMA frontliners get nearly P23M in hazard pay for work during ECQ

Randy V. Datu

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SBMA frontliners get nearly P23M in hazard pay for work during ECQ

Frontline service workers received the biggest hazard pay released by the SBMA for work during the ECQ. Photo by Randy V. Datu/Rappler

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Most of those who received significant amounts are security officers and firefighters, who were on field assignments when most SBMA employees worked from home

Hundreds of Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) workers who had reported physically for work since the coronavirus lockdown started in March received a total of P22.73 million in hazard pay. 

“Most of those who received significant amounts are security officers and firefighters, who were on field assignments at a time when most of our departments worked from home,” SBMA chairman and administrator Wilma Eisma said on Monday, October 5. 

“The security officers enforced border controls, while the firefighters disinfected offices, facilities, and public places to keep the Subic community safe,” she added.

Administrative Order No. 26, issued on March 23, 2020, grants hazard pay to government employees and contract workers during the public health emergency at a maximum of P500 per day per person.

The SBMA board of directors approved the release of the hazard pay based on recommendations of the management in August, Eisma said.

According to the SBMA Finance Group, 1,739 employees benefited from the release. These included 1,074 employees in plantilla positions, 550 workers engaged through contract of service, 101 personnel under government contracting, and 14 casual hires. 

Plantilla employees received an average of P13,438, while contract workers got an average of P12,912.

The biggest amount went to two security officers, who each received P61,500. They logged in a total of 984 man-hours each since March 17, when the ECQ came into effect, and until May 31.

The smallest pay, amounting to P131.25, went to 16 mostly office workers, who each logged in just 2.1 hours at their workplaces during the enhanced community quarantine. – Rappler.com

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