SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE ) 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES ) 
Second Regular Session 
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(In Suhslilnlion of Senate Bill No.
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Prepared jointly by the Committees on Civil Serviee, Government Reorganization and 
Professional Regulation and Finance with Senators Antonio “Sonny” F. Trillanes IV and
Loren B. Legarda as authors
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AN ACT
GRANTING HAZARD PAY TO COVERED EMPLOYEES OF THE GOVERNMENT 
AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR
Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Philippines in 
Congress assembled:
SECTION 1. Declaration of Policy. - It is hereby declared the policy of the State to 
protect and promote the welfare of public servants by providing them with additional 
compensation taking into account the nature of their responsibilities and exposure to hazard 
or possible dangers pertaining to their positions.
SEC, 2. Hazard Pay. - All employees and officials of the Government shall be paid 
hazard 
pay when 
stationed 
or assigned 
to work 
in or under the 
following 
circumstanccs/conditions;
a) Hazardous or less hazardous areas, as may be declared as such by the Secretary of 
National Defense;
b) Difficult areas or hardship posts characicrizcd by distance, inconvenience of travel 
due to bad roads and conditions of the terrain, isolation, inaccessibility and 
extreme weather conditions;
c) X-ray units, clinics, laboratories, sanitaria, leprosaria, observation posts and other 
similar stations which offer risks to health and safety due to exposure to radiation, 
contagious diseases and volcanic activity;
d) Institutions that tend or care for mentally-deranged patients;
e) Places that are subject to depredation by criminal elements as those in prison 
reservations and penal colonics without adequate police protection;
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Plants and installations o f  the arsenal;
g) Aboard aircraft and watercraft in crossing bodies of water; and


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h) Other similar work conditions which the Department of Budget and Management 
(DBM) shall consider hazardous on the basis of exposure to environment, health 
and social risks.
SEC. 3. Coverage. - The benefits provided herein are payable to all government 
officials and employees who are exposed to the conditions mentioned in section 2 regardless 
of their status or the nature of their appointment. This Act may also apply to government 
employees receiving similar benefits under existing laws, decrees and/or orders; Provided, 
That the covered employees shall be entitled to only one such pay or benefit, whether the 
hazard pay provided herein or the benefits provided under the existing laws, decrees and/or 
laws, whichever is higher.
SEC. 4. Implementing Rides and Regidalions. — The Civil Service Commission 
(CSC), in coordination with the Department of Budget and Management (DBM), shall 
promulgate the necessary rules and regulations for the effective implementation of this Act.
SEC. 5. Appropriations. -  The amount necessary for the effective implementation of 
this act shall be charged against the appropriations of the respective government agencies 
where the covered government officials and employees are employed and hereinafter shall be 
included in the General Appropriations Act (GAA) every year after its enactment into law.
SEC. 6. Effectivity. - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication 
in the Official Gazette or in at least two (2) national newspapers of general circulation.
Approved,