Gov’t Issues Regulation on 2024 Religious Festivity Allowance, Salary Bonus for State Apparatus

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo Wednesday (03/13) has signed Government Regulation (PP) Number 14 of 2024 on Provisions of the 2024 Religious Festivity Allowance (THR) and the 13^th Month Salary Bonus for State Civil Apparatus, State Pensioners, Pension Recipients, and Allowance Beneficiaries.

The Government’s decision to allocate THR and the 13^th-month salary bonus is intended to maintain people’s purchasing power through spending made by state apparatus, state pensioners, pension recipients, and allowance beneficiaries that will contribute to bolstering the national economy.

“To increase the spending of state apparatus, state pensioners, pension recipients, and allowance beneficiaries, the Government provides religious festivity allowance and the 13^th Month Salary Bonus as a form of appreciation to the state civil apparatus for their dedication to the state and the nation,” the regulation reads; the details can be accessed through the JDIH (Legal Documentation and Information Network) of Cabinet Secretariat page.

Article 5 of this regulation emphasized that THR and the 13^th month salary bonus are given to all state apparatus (PNS), military personnel, and police officers, excluding:

1. those on unpaid leave and the like; or
   b. those assigned to non-government agencies either at home or in foreign countries whose salary is paid by the agency where the assignment is based under the provisions of laws and regulations.

The allowance and bonus given to state civil apparatus, Contract-based Government Employees (PPPK), military personnel and police officers, government officials, Supervisory Board of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), leaders of Public Broadcasting Institutions (LPP), and Non-State Civil Apparatus Employees assigned to the LPP, which the budget is sourced from the State Budget (APBN), comprise:

1. basic salary;
   b. family allowance;
   c. food allowance;
   d. structural and functional allowance or general position allowance; and
   e. performance allowance based on their positions, ranks, or ranks of office.

On the other hand, the allowance and bonus given to state civil apparatus and PPPK, which the budget is sourced from the Regional Budget (APBD), comprise:

1. basic salary;
   b. family allowance;
   c. food allowance;
   d. structural and functional allowance or general position allowance; and
   e. additional income of a maximum amount received in one month for regional government institutions which will be given based on their positions, ranks, or ranks of office, in accordance with the financial ability of the region and provisions of laws and regulations.

PP 14/2024 also regulates THR and 13^th-month salary bonuses for teachers and university lecturers who do not receive performance allowance or benefits. Teachers and university lecturers whose basic salaries are paid from the state budget and who do not receive performance allowance are entitled to receive monthly teacher’s professional allowance/lecturer’s professional allowance.

“Teachers whose basic salary comes from the regional budget (APBD) and who do not receive additional income can be given a maximum of the teacher’s professional allowance or a maximum of the additional income of state apparatus teachers received in one month,” the Government Regulation reads.

The regulation also regulates that the THR should be disbursed 10 days before Eid al-Fitr at the earliest.

“However, if it cannot be paid yet during that period, the THR can still be paid after Eid,” the regulation reads.

Meanwhile, the 13^th-month salary bonus shall be paid in June, and if the 13^th-month salary cannot be paid in June, the salary bonus will be disbursed after June 2024.

At the end of the regulation, it is stated that further provisions regarding the technical process of the disbursement of holiday allowance and 13^th-month salary bonus in which the budget is sourced from the state budget and the regional budget will be further regulated under the regulation of a minister overseeing government affairs in the financial sector and regulation of regional head respectively.

“This Government Regulation comes into effect on the date of its promulgation,” read the closing provisions of the regulation promulgated by Minister of State Secretary Pratikno on March 13, 2024. (UN) (RIF/RAS/LW)