Republic Act No. 10352

Section 44. Honoraria. —

The respective agency appropriations for honoraria shall only be paid to the following:

  1. Teaching personnel of the DepEd, TESDA, SUCs and other educational institutions, engaged in actual classroom teaching, whose teaching load is outside of the regular office hours or in excess of the regular load;

  2. Those who act as lecturers, resource persons, coordinators and facilitators in seminars, training programs, and other similar activities in training institutions, including those conducted by entities for their officials and employees wherein no seminar fees are collected from participants;

  3. Chairs and members of commissions, boards, councils, and other similar entities, including personnel thereof who are not paid salaries nor per diems but compensated in the form of honoraria as provided by law, rules and regulations;

  4. Those who are involved in science and technological activities who render services beyond their regular workload;

  5. Officials and employees assigned to special projects, subject to the following conditions:

    1. Said special projects are reform-oriented or developmental, contribute to the improvement of service delivery and enhancement of the performance of the core functions of the agency, and have specific timeframes and deliverables in accomplishing objectives and milestones set by the agency for the year; and

    2. Such assignment entails rendition of work in addition to, or over and above, their regular workload

      In these instances, rates of honoraria shall depend on the level of responsibilities, nature of work rendered, and extent of individual contribution to produce the desired outputs: PROVIDED, That the total honoraria received from all special projects shall not exceed twenty-five percent (25%) of the annual basic salaries; and

  6. Officials and employees authorized to receive honoraria under R.A. No. 9184 and its Revised IRR.

The grant of honoraria to the foregoing shall be subject to the guidelines prescribed under B.C. No. 2003-5, as amended by B.C. No. 2007-1 and National Budget Circular (N.B.C.) No. 2007-510, B.C. No. 2007-2, and other guidelines issued by the DBM.