Hazard Pay

Administrative Order No. 06 Series of 2023

GUIDELINES IN PROVIDING SPECIFIC CRITERIA & ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES ON THE GRANT OF HAZARD PAY FOR PSWDWs  

This AO shall cover all Public Social Welfare and Development Workers (PSWDWs) who are holding Permanent, Coterminous, Temporary, Casual, or Contractual Appointments.

Those who are under Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) or Contract of Service (COS), Job Order (JO) or contract of consultancy, or those to whom the government has no employer - employee relationship are not covered by this AO.

General Guidelines 

1. Hazard Pay otherwise known as Hazard Allowance under RA 9433

• Hazard Pay is an additional compensation for performing hazardous duties and for enduring physical hardships in the course of performance of duties

• As a general compensation policy, Hazard Pay may be granted to PSWDWs only if the nature of the duties and responsibilities of their positions, their actual services, and location of work expose them to great danger, occupational risks, perils to life and physical hardships; and only during periods  of actual exposure to hazards and hardships.

• SWDWs of the Department shall be entitled to Hazard Pay if they are assigned to any of the following:

> Remote and depressed areas, which can be categorized as geographically isolated, difficult to reach areas, far-flung, barangay, urban or densely populated such as but not limited to island and upland communities where regular mode of transportation is limited

> Strife-torn or embattled areas, which can be categorized as location or sites with armed encounters between government troops and enemy forces and/or enemy initiated attacks, raids, or ambuscades as may be declared and certified by the DND. 

> Distressed or Isolated Stations/Areas, which can  be categorized as Geographically Isolated and Disadvantaged Areas (GIDA)

> DSWD managed centers and residential care facilities such as JFC, EGV, Accelerating Minors Opportunity for Recovery (AMOR), RSCC, Regional Rehabilitation Center for Youth (RRCY), HFW, Haven for Girls, SC, MH, Center for Handicapped, DSWD Satellite Offices, Crisis Intervention Units, and/or Center-Based/Residential Care Facilities (CRCFs) for all sectors including elderly.

> Areas declared under State of Calamity or emergency by the President or Local Government Chief Executive.

> Areas/work where they are exposed to occupational risks e.g., Special Disbursing Office (SDOs) or where there is a threat to life as determined and certified by the Head of the OBSU, based on documented actual experiences or occurrences in the past, with the approval of the Regional Director in the Field Office. 

> Remote and depressed areas, and distressed or isolated stations shall be defined and certified by the Head of OBSU or Field Office (FO) or by the Local Government Unit (LGU) or Local Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) based on the distance or isolation of the place, inaccessibility or difficulty of transportation.

The claim for Hazard Pay must be supported by the following documents:

• Copy of the Special Order (SO) of assignment or travel signed by the approving authority pursuant to the Delegation and Delineation of Authority

• Originally signed Travel/Service Report during the period of actual exposure to hazards and hardships

• Certified True Copy (CTC) of duly accomplished and approved Daily Time Record (DTR) of Certificate of Services Rendered