Central government employees to get adhoc bonus; know eligibility
The Finance Ministry has announced Non-Productivity Linked Bonus (Adhoc Bonus) for 2021-22 on the occasion of Diwali to Central Government employees. Under this, all eligible employees will get 30 days salary. Those non-gazetted employees under Group B and Group C of the Central Government, who are not covered under any Productivity Linked Bonus Scheme, will also be given this bonus. The benefit of adhoc bonus will also be available to all eligible personnel of central paramilitary forces.
Temporary employees in the central government will benefit
According to an order issued by the Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance on October 6, a rule has been made to determine the amount to be paid under adhoc bonus. This bonus is added based on the average salary of the personnel as per the calculated ceiling, whichever is less. If a worker is getting seven thousand rupees, then their monthly bonus for 30 days will be around Rs 6907. The benefit of such bonus will be available only to those Central Government employees who have been in service on March 31, 2022. They should also have given duty continuously for at least six months during the year 2020-22.
Bonus will be given if there is no break between services
According to the order of the Ministry of Finance, the employees who are temporarily appointed on adhoc basis will also get this bonus, provided there is no break in their service. Such employees who have been out of service, have resigned or have retired on or before 31 March 2022 will be treated as a special case.
These employees of the central government will also be eligible for bonus
Those employees, who are working on deputation, foreign service, union territory or any PSU as on 31 March 2022, then the lending department, will not give this bonus. In such a case, it becomes the responsibility of the borrowing organization to provide adhoc bonus, PLB, ex gratia and incentive schemes etc., provided such provisions are in force. If an employee is in the grade of ‘C’ or above and is called back from foreign service midway during the financial year, then the rule of adhoc bonus has been made in this regard. Under this, if the parent department of that worker has received bonus and ex gratia amount from the foreign department in the financial year, then that amount will be given to the employee concerned. Even after reverting, if the bonus is owed by the central government to the employee, in such a situation, the central government can halt his adhoc bonus.
If an employee from State Government, Union Territory and PSU joins the Central Government on reverse deputation, then they will be given adhoc bonus. Such employees, who have rejoined the job after retiring from government service, will be considered as new employees and bonus will be determined. Employees who are on half pay leave, EOL or have taken academic leave during the financial year, if they have taken any leave beyond the rules other than the said period, then that period will not be counted. However, that period break in service will not be considered for adhoc bonus. The contractual employee, who is eligible for other allowances like dearness allowance and interim relief etc., will also get adhoc bonus. If an employee does not fall in the category of above allowances, then they will be given bonus accordingly..
If an employee has been suspended in the financial year, then separate rules for bonus have been made for them. Such employees, when they rejoin the service and get all the earlier benefits, will be considered eligible for adhoc bonus. Personnel transferred to various Ministries and Departments will be considered eligible for adhoc bonus if there is no break in their service. In such a case the service period of both the departments will be added. Such personnel who have migrated from one department to another after passing the competitive examination will also be eligible for adhoc bonus. However, in such cases the amount of bonus will be released by the department where the employee has been working as on March 31, 2022. Whether those employees who have been transferred from a government department will be eligible for adhoc bonus, it has been said that their bonus will count in the department where they were in service as on March 31.
Part time workers working on normal fixed pay will not get this bonus. A rule has also been made for those employees who were working in different departments for the last three years and were in any department as on 31 March 2022. Their qualification will be decided by the tenure of three years. They will get this bonus if they have moved from office to office during 240 days in a year and are not getting ex gratia or other allowances.
