Teachers to receive hazard pay, P500 for annual medical checkup and other benefits on the coming months

As it ready to open the classes in the country on October 5, DepEd announced several benefits for public school teachers in the coming months.

DepEd said the government will give its teachers an annual medical checkup, an incentive benefit on World Teacher’s Day, hazard pay, and COVID-19 benefits and packages.

“Our finance office is preparing for the coming benefits for teachers. In the following month, September, we will release a P400-million budget. This is P500 per teacher for annual medical examination,” DepEd Undersecretary Annalyn Sevilla said.

Department Education is also collaborating with the Employees Compensation Commission, PhilHealth, and the Government Service Insurance System for teacher benefit packages.

“This is just to make sure, although DepEd doesn’t have a fund for this internally, we are coordinating with other agencies who have a mandate to give health services and health support to all government employees, especially to our teachers,” Sevilla added.

Started last 2019, P1, 000 cash benefit will be given to public school teachers on October 5, World Teacher’s Day.

According to Sevilla, DepEd is allocating P900 million in the 2020 national budget for the said cash benefit.

Sevilla also mentioned hazard pay for government workers who report to work in areas under enhanced, or modified enhanced, community quarantine.

“There is also hazard pay under Administrative Order 26, all employees who come to work under ECQ or MECQ is entitled to P500 per day of hazard pay and this is being implemented. So our employees under MECQ or ECQ, if you are asked to report to work, you are eligible for hazard pay of P500 per day,” Sevilla said.