Wait until the performance appraisal bonus is increased! Military, public and educational year-end bonuses will be credited on this day

The Executive Yuan sent a letter to all agencies across the country on November 3, stating that year-end work bonuses will be distributed on January 27 next year (2027). In addition to a 1.5-month year-end work bonus, military and public teachers also receive a performance appraisal bonus. However, the draft amendment to the "Civil Service Performance Appraisal Act" is still under review by the Legislative Yuan, and according to current regulations, most military and public teachers can still receive a 1-month performance bonus. In other words, a total of 2.5 months of bonuses will be credited before next year's lunar calendar.

Can various agencies issue year-end work bonuses early or late? The Office of Personnel Management of the Executive Yuan stated that, except for military personnel whose payment dates are set by the Ministry of National Defense based on actual needs, all other agencies should issue year-end work bonuses on designated dates and may not issue year-end work bonuses earlier or later. It is understood that although the military part can be set by the Ministry of National Defense at another date, according to past practice, the time for military personnel to be released is similar to that for public education.

As for performance appraisal bonuses, since various agencies across the country have different completion times for performance appraisal tasks, performance appraisal bonuses are distributed at different times. In principle, they are all credited before the Lunar New Year. According to the current "Public Servants Performance Appraisal Act", Grade A can receive 1 month's performance appraisal bonus, plus the year-end bonus, they can receive 2.5 months' bonus; as for Grade B's performance appraisal bonus, although the performance appraisal bonus is only 0.5 months, plus the year-end bonus, they can also receive 2 months' bonus.

The draft amendment to the "Public Service Performance Appraisal Act" is still under review by the Legislative Yuan. According to the draft amendment, the existing four grades of A, B, C and D will be abolished, and clear conditions will be set to be presented in three categories: "excellent", "good" and "less than good". Among them, "excellent" and "good" can both be promoted to one level of basic salary (annual merit), and the performance appraisal bonus will be increased to 1.3 months and 1 month respectively; those who are "not good" will establish a self-improvement mechanism and be given a half-year improvement period.

The General Office of Personnel and Administration and the Ministry of Civil Service issued a joint letter at the end of October. This year, the performance appraisal of civil servants will be processed in the direction of amending the law, and there will be no upper limit of 75% A-grade ratio. However, increasing performance appraisal bonuses will have to wait until the third reading of the bill is passed.