In line with the Administrative Order No 28, re: Authorizing the Grant of Special Risk Allowance to
Frontline Public Health Workers During the Period of Enhanced Community Quarantine Relative to the Covid-19 Outbreak, the field is hereby informed that National Government Agencies (NGAs), Government-Owned or –Controlled Corporations (GOCCs) and LGUs are authorized to grant a one-time COVID-19 SRA, equivalent to a minimum of 25% of monthly basic salary/pay, to Public Health Workers (PHWs) who have great exposure to health risks and physical hardships in the line of duty, in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. PHWs shall refer to medical, allied medical, and other necessary personnel assigned in hospitals and healthcare facilities and who are directly catering to or in contact with COVID-19 patients, persons under investigation or persons under monitoring.
The one-time COVID-19 SRA shall be granted subject to the following conditions:
a. The PHWs provide critical and urgent services to respond to the public emergency during the implementation of the ECQ;
b. The PWHs are either: (i) civilian employees occupying regular, contractual, casual or part-time positions; or (ii) workers engaged through contract of service (COS) or job order (JO), including Barangay Health Workers (BHWs) regardless of the nature of engagement, provided that the said COS/JO workers and BHWs are assigned to hospitals and other healthcare facilities;
c. The PHWs physically reported for work at their assigned work stations on the prescribed official working hours, as authorized by the head of agency /office during the period of the implementation of ECQ; and
d. The grant of the COVID-19 SRA shall be pro-rated based on the number of days that PHWs physically report for work during the period of the ECQ in their respective places of assignment, reckoned not earlier than March 17, 2020 as follows: …
