For the last month of the year, faculty and staff of the University of the Philippines (UP) will receive the Collective Negotiation Agreement (CNA) Incentive for Fiscal Year of 2023, a grant of up to Php30,000.
According to Memorandum No. ACR 23-73 issued by UP Vice President for Administration Augustus Resurreccion on December 7, the CNA Incentive is sourced from the savings generated from the joint efforts of the University and the two unions, the All UP Workers Union (AUPWU) and the All UP Academic Employees Union (AUPAEU), with the help of all UP faculty, REPS (research, extension, and professional staff) and administrative staff in accordance with DBM Budget Circular No. 23-1 dated November 10, 2023.
The CNA Incentive will be given to all regular full-time and part-time UP faculty, REPS and administrative staff who:
- have rendered at least a total or an aggregate of four months of service as of December 2023;
- are members of the AUPWU and AUPAEU;
- are non-members of the AUPWU and AUPAEU but want to enjoy or accept benefits under the CAN
- and who perform managerial functions (i.e., University officials).
Those who were separated from the University within the year and had rendered at least four months of service within the year shall be entitled to the full amount of the CNA Incentive. However, those who were separated from the University within the year and had rendered less than four months of service shall be entitled only to a pro-rated 2023 CNA Incentive as follows:
| Length of Service | Percentage of the 2023 CNA Incentive | Amount |
| 3 months but less than 4 months | 75% | Php22,500 |
| 2 months but less than 4 months | 50% | Php15,000 |
| 1 month but less than 4 months | 25% | Php7,500 |
| Less than 1 month | 10% | Php3,000 |
As for those have rendered less than four months of service as of December 15, 2023, they too shall be entitled to a pro-rated 2023 CNA Incentive as follows:
| Length of Service | Percentage of the 2023 CNA Incentive | Amount |
| 3 months but less than 4 months | 75% | Php22,500 |
| 2 months but less than 4 months | 50% | Php 15,000 |
| 1 month but less than 4 months | 25% | Php 7,500 |
| Less than 1 month | 10% | Php 3,000 |
Part-time employees with employer-employee relations will also receive an amount in proportion to their workload, and months of service (e.g., part-time employees with four months and above shall receive Php15,000).
SRI Incentive
In addition to the CNA Incentive, UP faculty and staff will also receive the one-time Service Recognition Incentive (SRI) grant of Php20,000, to be given to government employees in the executive branch. This was authorized by President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr., accordance with Administrative Order (AO) No. 12 signed by Executive Secretary Lucas P. Bersamin on December 7. Qualified for the PhP20,000 SRI are civilian personnel in national government agencies including those in state universities and colleges (SUCs) and government-owned or controlled corporations (GOCCs), occupying regular, contractual or casual positions.
On the other hand, President Marcos approved under Administrative Order No. 13 the grant of a one-time gratuity pay of not more than Php5,000 each for contract of service (COS) and job order (JO) (government employees who have rendered at least four months of actual satisfactory performance of service, as stipulated in their respective contracts as of December 15, and whose contracts are still effective as of the same date.
Rice Subsidy 4th Tranche
Finally, UP faculty, REPS, and administrative staff will receive the fourth tranche of the 2023 rice subsidy in accordance with a memorandum from the UP VP for Administration dated October 24, 2023, in the amount of P2,350 each. Due to failed bidding, the fourth tranche of the rice subsidy will be converted to cash.