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Introduced by SENATOR LACS ON 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
The biggest employment agency in the country today is the government or the so-called 
Philippine bureaucracy. It is tasked with managing the bureaucracy and the delivery of basic 
services to the people. The bureaucracy has been in existence for over a hundred years, but there 
is no integrated and comprehensive set oflaws to govern its personnel administration. 
The laws and regulations that govern the operation of the civil service are praclically 
scattered in various laws, decrees, letters of instructions, executive orders and other 
administrative issuances. 
Yet inspite of the proliferation of legal issuances, there are still 
apparent gasps in the law. 
In the light of the foregoing situation, there is therefore an urgent need to update civil 
service related laws with present legislation and with current needs and realities; repeal, modify 
or amend provisions of law which have become obsolete or inapplicable to present conditions; 
add new provisions to address the needs of the bureaucracy and enable it to perform its mandated 
functions and codify laws and other issuances into one comprehensive legislation to serve as 
reference on personnel matters. 
The codification, therefore, of aforesaid policies and legislation is timely and proper. 
This proposed Philippine Civil Service Code of 2010 seeks to address the deeply-rooted 
problems confronting the public service, i.e., graft and COiTuption; bureaucratic red tape; 
violations of the rights of the employees, specifically the right to security of tenure and the right 
to due process of law; violations of the merit and fitness principle; partisan political activities; 
inadequate benefits and privileges of employees; organization ineffectiveness and the 
unnecessary delays in frontline services delivery. 


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Among the salient points of the proposed Code are the following: 
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Shortening the adjndication process in administrative cases 
• 
Decentralizing the functions of the Civil Service Commission to departments/agencies of 
government 
• 
Making the career executive service a regular concern of the Civil Service Commission 
to fulfill the latter's constitutional mandate 
• 
Reducing substantively management discretion in personnel actions by requiring 
government agencies 10 hire or promote the best qualified applicants 
• 
Enhancing employees' rights particularly the right to job security and protection from 
partisan influences 
• 
Updating of employee privileges to conform to current norms and standards, including 
expanded leave privileges 
In view of the foregoing, approval of this measure is earnestly sought 
PAN~k.tACSON 
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Introduced by SENATOR LACSON 
AN ACT 
ESTABLISHING THE CIVIL SERVICE CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES 
AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress 
Assembled: 
BOOK I. GENERAL PRINCIPLES 
Title I - Policies on Civil Service System 
Chapter 1. Declaration of Policy 
SECTION 1. 
Short Title. - This Act shall be known as the" Philippine Civil Service 
Lode of 2011". 
SECTION 2. 
Declaration of Policy, The state recognizes the primary and important role 
of the civil service system in providing stability, continuity and expertise in government 
operations, ensuring delivery of public services and achieving the national development goals of 
peace, human security and sustainable human development. The state shall provide the enabling 
environment that will promote its integrity, independence, productivity, and excellence. It is the 
policy of the state to promote the Constitutional mandate that appointments in the civil service 
system shall be made only on the principle of merit and fitness to be determined as far as 
practicable through competitive examinations; that public office being a public trust, public 
officers and employees must be accountable to the people and live the principles of utmost 
responsibility, integrity, loyalty, efficiency, patriotism, justice and modesty in serving the people; 
that employment opportunities in the civil service system shall be equally available and 
accessible to all qualified citizens; that no public officer or employee shall be diSCiplined, 
suspended or dismissed except for cause and after observing due process of law or except if 
terminated for non-disciplinary causes; that the Civil Service Commission, being the central 


personnel agency, shall administer the civil servICe system and be responsible in providing 
policies and gnidelines on the selection, utilization, training and discipline of public officers and 
employees; the State shall infuse the third level with well-selected and development-oriented 
executives and highly technical officials, who shall provide a strong, competent, and accountable 
corps of public officers who possess the necessary expertise and responsive leadership that will 
serve as a stabilizing force, an instrument for change, a vanguard of professionalism and 
careerism in the civil service, and a critical link between government and people; that the right of 
public officers and cmployees to self organization, collective negotiation and peaceful concerted 
activities shall be guaranteed and respected; that equal pay for equal work shall be guaranteed; 
and actions on personnel matters shall be decentralized, with the different departments and other 
offices or agencies of the government delegating to their regional offices or other similar units, 
powers and functions; and that the autonomy of Local Government units shall be respected. 
Chapter 2. 
Definition of Terms 
SEC. 3. Terms Defined. - With reference to the civil service system and as used in this 
Code, the following terms shall be construed to mean as follows: 
a) Administrative Supervision refers to the authority of the department or its 
equivalent to generally oversee the operations and to ensure that they are managed 
effectively, efficiently, and economically; or to take such action as may be 
necessary for the proper performance of official functions, including rectification 
of violations, abuses and other forms of maladministration. 
b) Agency refers to any department, bureau, office, commission, administration, 
board, committee, institute, government-owned or controlled corporation with 
original charter, local government units, state universities and colleges, or any 
other unit of the National Government, as well as provincial, city, municipal 
government, except as hereinafter otherwise provided. 
c) Appointing authority refers to the person or body authorized by law to make 
appointments in the civil service system. 
d) Appointment refers to the document issued by the appointing authority allowing 
the appointee to occupy the position stated therein and to perform its functions 
and receive the corresponding compensation. It could also refer to the selection 
by the appointing authority of an individual who is to exercise the flmctions of the 
position. 
e) Career Executive System refers to the system for the professionalization and 
career development of the executive and managerial component of the third level. 


f) Career Executive System Board (hereinafter referred to as the Board) is the 
policy making body responsible for the development, maintenance, and 
administration of the Career Executive System. 
g) Career Executive Officer refers to a Career Executive Officer-Eligible occupying 
a position in the Career Executive System, who is appointed to a rank by the Civil 
Service Commission, upon the recommendation of the Board. 
h) Career Executive Officer-Eligible refers to a person who passed the examination 
process set by the Board through the Civil Service Commission to qualify for, but 
has not yet been assigned to, a position in the Career Executive System. 
i) Class refers to all positions in the civil service system that are sufficiently similar 
as to duties and responsibilities and require similar qualifications that can be 
given the same title and salary and, for all administrative and compensation 
purposes, be treated alike. 
j) Commission refers to the Civil Service Commission. 
k) Commissioner refers to either of the two (2) other members of the Commission. 
I) Consultant refers to the person engaged under a consultancy contract by reason of 
expertise, to perform highly specialized functions not readily available from 
career personnel, having no employer-employee relation with the agency. 
m) Department refers to any of the departments in the Executive branch, Congress, 
the judiciary and any of the constitutional commissions. 
n) Disciplining authority refers to the person or body authorized to suspend, dismiss 
or discipline public officers and employees in the civil service system. 
0) Eligibility refers to the qualification, acquired by an individual after passing a 
civil service examination or granted by law, for entrance into and promotion in 
the career service. 
p) Employee refers to any person employed in the civil service system of whatever 
category or class up to division chief level. 
q) Employee organization refers to a duly registered employee organization, union, 
association, federation, confederation, society or alliance in accordance with the 
provisions of this Code. 
r) Examination refers to the test conducted by the Commission or any agency 
authorized by law for the purpose of determining merit and fitness for 
appointment in the civil service system. 
s) Grievance refers to an employee's complaint regarding working conditions, 
working relationships or employment status. 
t) Grievance procedure refers to the process of resolving employee grievances. 
u) Highly technical position refers to a position which requires the occupant to 
possess skill or training in a supreme or superior degree, like that of a scientist. 


v) Job order refers to a contract of service of individuals or groups paid under a 
lump sum appropriation for a short duration having no employer-employee 
relation with the government. 
w) Merit system refers to an organized mechanism by which the selection, utilization, 
compensation, training, retention and discipline of employees in the service are 
governed by comparative merit and achievement. 
x) Mobility - refers to the movement of a Career Executive Officer from one 
position to another without reduction in rank or salary. 
y) Party adversely affected refers to the respondent or, agencies/entities against 
whom a decision in a case has been rendered. 
z) Personnel action refers to any movement of personnel in the civil service system. 
aa) Policy determining position refers to a position which vests in the occupant the 
power to formulate policies for the government or any of its agencies, 
subdivisions, or instrumentalities, like that of a member of the Cabinet. 
bb) Position refers to a job title with a defined set of duties and responsibilities to be 
performed by an individual either on full-time or part-time basis. 
cc) Primarily confidential position refers to a position where the occupant enjoys 
more than the ordinary confidence of the appointing power and bears such close 
intimacy which relieves the latter from misgivings of betrayal of personal trust on 
confidential matters, like that of a private secretary. 
dd) Public officers as distinguished from employees, refers to those whose functions 
are managerial/executive or highly technical in nature, and above the division 
chief level. 
ee) Qualification standards refer to the minimum requirements for a class of position 
expressed in terms of education, training, experience, civil service eligibility, 
physical fitness and other qualities required by the job. 
ff) Rank is the index of classification of Career Executive Officers to which a Career 
Executive Officer-Eligible may be appointed by the Civil Service Commission in 
accordance with the requirements prescribed by the Board. 
gg) Rank-and-jile shall refer to employees occupying positions in the first and second 
levels. 
hh) Reorganization refers to the process of restructuring an agency's organizational 
and functional set-up with the view of making it more economical, effective, 
efficient and responsive to the needs ofthe public. 
ii) Solo parent refers to any individual who falls under Republic Act No. 8972. 


Chapter 3. Rights and Obligations of Public Officers and Employees in the 
Civil Service System 
SEC. 4.Rights. - Public officers and employees in the civil service system shaH have the 
right to: 
(a) 
Security of tenure; 
(b) 
Exercise the authority attendant to their positions; 
(c) 
Enjoy leave, welfare, retirement and other benefits and services; 
(d) 
Self-organization or to form and join unions, associations, federations, 
confederations, societies or alliances for purposes not contrary to law; 
(e) 
For rank-and-file employees of accredited organizations to collectively negotiate 
for terms and conditions of employment in accordance with existing laws; and 
(f) 
Enjoy such other rights provided by law. 
SEC. 5. Obligations. - Public officers and employees in the civil service system shall: 
(a) 
Uphold and defend the Constitution and laws ofthe Republic of the Philippines; 
(b) 
Take and subscribe to an oath before assumption of office; 
(c) 
Be accountable at all times to the people, and serve them with utmost 
responsibility, integrity, loyalty and efficiency, act with patriotism and justice and 
lead modest lives; 
(d) 
Discharge their duties faithfully and maintain the required level of productivity of 
their positions for the benefit ofthe public; 
(e) 
Submit upon assumption to duty and as often as may be prescribed by law, a 
sworn statement of assets, liabilities and net worth and disclosure of business 
interests and financial transactions; 
(f) 
Identify and disclose, to the best of their knowledge, their relatives in 
government, in the manner and frequency as may be prescribed by law, rules and 
regulations; 
(g) 
Undertake programs of self-development to improve their performance and levels 
of service; and 
(h) 
Perform such other obligations as may be provided by law. 


Title II .- Scope of the Civil Service System 
Chapter L Positions in the Civil Service System 
SEC- 6. Coverage. 
The civil serViCe system embraces all branches, subdivisions, 
instrumentalities, and agencies of the Government, including local government units, state 
universities and colleges, and government-owned or -controlled corporations with original 
charters. 
SEC. 7.Administration of tile Civil Service System. - As the central personnel agency of 
the government, the Commission shall establish a career service, administer the civil service 
system, adopt measures to promote morale, efficiency, competency, integrity, honesty, 
responsiveness, progressiveness, courtesy and gender sensitivity in the civil service system, 
strengthen the merit and rewards system, integrate all human resource development programs for 
all levels and ranks therein and institutionalize a management climate conducive to public 
accountability. 
SEC. 8. Categories of Positions. 
categorized as career and non-career. 
Positions in the civil servIce system shall be 
SEC- 9. The Career Service. - The career service shall be characterized by (a) entrance 
based on merit and fitness to be determined, as far as practicable, by competitive examinations or 
on highly technical qualifications; (b) opportunity for advancement to higher career position; and 
(c) security of tenure which is based on performance, mechanics of which shall be formulated by 
the Commission. 
SEC. 10. 
Positions Included in tile Career Service. 
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Positions in the career 
service include the following: 
(a) 
Open career positions - appointment to any level in the career service which 
requires qualification in an appropriate examination or other modes in accordance 
with law; 
(b) 
Closed career positions - positions that are executive or highly technical in nature 
which shall establish and maintain their own merit systems, such as the following: 
(1) 
Faculty and academic staff of state universities and colleges; 
(2) 
Highly technical positions as determined by the Commission; 
(3) 
Career Executive Positions; 
(4) 
Career Officers, other than those enumerated above, who are appointed by 
the Presi dent, such as the Foreign Service Officers in the Department of 


Foreign Affairs, the judges and justices in the Judiciary and the 
prosecutors in the prosecution services; 
(5) 
Uniformed and commissioned personnel of the Philippine National Police; 
( c) 
Permanent laborer, whether skilled, semi-skilled, or unskilled. 
SEC. II. 
Classes of Positions in the Career Service. -
Positions in the career 
service shall be grouped as follows: 
(a) 
First Level - includes clerical, trades, crafts and custodial positions whether in a 
non-supervisory or supervisory capacity; 
(b) 
Second Level - includes professional, technical, scientific or other specialized 
positions in a supervisory or non-supervisory capacity requiring at least a 
baccalaureate degree or its equivalent as determined by the Commission; and 
(c) 
Third Level .- includes all executive and managerial positions in the executive, 
legislative, and judicial branches, including constitutional offices. 
It shall also cover the corresponding positions in the foreign service; the 
scientific; artistic; academic fields and other highly technical positions; in all 
branches, subdivisions, instrumentalities and agencies of the government 
including government-owned and controlled corporations with original charters. 
SEC. 12. 
The Non-Career Service. - The non-career service shall be characterized 
by merit and fitness to be determined by (a) modes other than those of the usual tests utilized for 
the career service; (b) tenure which is limited to a period specified by law; (c) tenure which is 
co-terminus with that of the appointing authority or subject to his/her pleasure or which is 
limited to the duration of a specific project for which purpose employment was made; and (d) the 
primarily confidential nature of the position. 
SEC. 13. 
Positions Included in the Non-Career Service. - The non-career service 
shall include the following: 
(a) 
Elective officers and their personal and primarily confidential staff; 
(b) 
Department heads and other public officers of Cabinet rank who occupy their 
positions at the pleasure of the President and their personal and primarily 
confidential staff; 
(c) 
Chairpersons and members of constitutional commissions and other commissions , 
boards and other bodies with fixed terms of office and their personal and 
primarily confidential staff; 
(d) 
Non-career undersecretaries and non-career assistant secretaries and their personal 
and primarily confidential staff; 


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(e) 
Contractual personnel or those whose employment is in accordance with a special 
contract for a maximum period of one year to undertake a specific work or job 
which requires special or technical skills not available in the employing agency; 
(1) 
Those whose positions may be declared as personal and primarily confidential by 
the Commission; and 
(g) 
Emergency, casual and seasonal personnel. 
Title III - The Civil Service Commission 
Chapter 1. Composition, Duties and Functions 
SEC. 14. 
Composition. - The Commission shall be composed of a Chairperson and 
two (2) Commissioners. 
As far as practicable, the composition ofthe Commission must be gender balanced. 
SEC. 15. 
Qualifications of the Chairperson and Commissioners. 
The 
Chairperson and Commissioners shall be natural-born citizens of the Philippines, and at the time 
of their appointment are at least thirty-five (35) years of age with proven capacity for public 
administration and must not have been candidates for any elective position in the elections 
immediately preceding their appointment. At least one (l) of them must be a lawyer. 
SEC. 16. 
Terms of Office. 
The Chairperson and Commissioners shall be 
appointed by the President subject to confirmation of the Commission on Appointments for a 
term of seven (7) years without reappointment. In no case shall any Member be appointed or 
designated in a temporary or acting capacity. Appointment to any vacancy shall be only for the 
unexpired term of the predecessor. 
SEC. 17. 
Compensation. - The salaries of the Chairperson and the Commissioners 
shall be fixed by law and shall not be decreased during their tenure. 
SEC. 18. 
Powers and Functions of the Commission. - The Commission shall have 
the following powers and functions: 
(a) Administer and enforce the constitutional and statutory provisions on the merit system for 
all levels and ranks in the civil service system; 
(b) Prescribe, enforce and amend rules and regulations for carrying into effect the provisions 
of this Code and other pertinent laws which shall become effective thirty (30) days from 
the date of publication in the Official Gazette or in a national newspaper of general 
circulation; 


( c) Promulgate its own rules concerning pleadings and practice before it or any of its offices. 
Such rules shall not diminish, increase or modify substantive rights; 
(d) Promulgate policies, standards and guidelines for the civil service system and adopt plans 
and programs to promote economical, efficient and effective personnel administration 
and an effective system and mechanism to ensure feedback from the public; 
(e) Formulate 
policies 
and regulations 
for 
the 
administration, 
maintenance 
and 
implementation of position classification and compensation and set standards for the 
establishment, allocation and reallocation of pay scale classes and positions; 
(f) Render decisions, orders, opinions or rulings on civil service matters which shall be 
binding on heads of departments and agencies and immediately executory; 
(g) Appoint to ranks Career Executive Officer-Eligibles upon recommendation by the Career 
Executive System Board; 
(h) Discipline CES members for cause after due process; 
(i) Manage the administration of the civil service examinations. Any entity or officer or 
employee of the government may be called upon by the Commission to assist in the 
preparation and conduct of the said examinations. Such assistance includes, but is not 
limited to, the provision of personnel and security, the use of buildings and facilities, as 
well as the transportation of examination materials; 
(j) Grant civil service eligibility to qualified applicants based on Civil Service examination 
results, performance, training, education, qualifications and other similar standards, 
subject to the guidelines it may prescribe; 
(k) Prescribe all forms for civil service examinations, appointments, reports and such other 
forms as may be required by law and the rules and regulations of the Commission; 
(1) Have exclusive jurisdiction over cases involving examination irregularities committed by 
government employees or private individuals; 
(m) Request any government agency for assistance and information necessary in the effective 
discharge of its responsibilities; 
(n) Take the primary role in continuously reviewing examinations systems and procedures to 
ensure that the integrity of such examinations are not compromised. 
(0) Declare, when appropriate, positions in the civil service system as primarily confidential, 
highly technical or policy-determining; 
(p) Formulate, administer and evaluate programs relative to the selection and recruitment , 
development and retention of qualified and competent work force in the public service, 
including administration, development and evaluation of training, scholarship and 
retirement programs; 
(q) Hear and decide administrative cases and other Civil Service matters brought before it 
directly or on appeal, including disciplinary matters, contested appointments or personnel 
actions; 


(r) Issue subpoena ad testificandum (process directing a person to testify) and/or subpoena 
duces tecum (process directing a person to produce with him/her any book, document or 
other things under his/her control pertinent to the issue of a pending controversy). 
(s) Issue a writ of preliminary injunction or temporary restraining order when, on the basis 
of the allegations in the petition, it is established that the acts complained of, involving or 
arising [rom any personnel actions, if not restrained or performed immediately, may 
cause grave or irreparable injury to any party or render ineffectual any decision of the 
Commission in favor of such party. 
(t) Deputize officers and employees of the Commission and of other departments and 
agencies to investigate and hear cases and to submit their findings and recommendations 
to the Commission. 
For this purpose, deputized officers and employees may issue 
subpoena ad testificandum (process directing a person to testify) and/or subpoena duces 
tecum (process directing a person to produce with him/her any book, document or other 
things under hislher control pertinent to the issue of a pending controversy); 
(u) Delegate any power or function of the Commission to its regional or field offices; 
(v) Review decisions and actions of its offices; 
(w) Enforce and execute its decisions, orders and rulings, and for this purpose, deputize any 
national or local law-enforcement agency or instrumentality of the government which 
shall act under the direct and immediate supervision of the Commission; 
(x) Punish for contempt, direct and indirect, officers, employees and other persons for refusal 
or failure to comply with the decisions, orders, rulings or processes and proceedings of 
the Commission. 
The Commission may impose a penalty of fine of not less than 
Pl,OOO.OO per day until compliance, or suspension from office without pay for a period 
of not more than thirty (30) days; or both as the circumstances may warrant; 
(y) Advise the President on all matters involving personnel management in the civil service 
system and submit to the President an annual report on personnel programs 
(z) Act on all appointments and other personnel matters in the civil service system; 
(aa)Inspect and audit the personnel actions and programs of the departments, agencies, 
bureaus, offices, and other instrumentalities of the government, including government-
owned and -controlled corporations with original charters, local government units, state 
universities and colleges; conduct periodic review of the decisions and actions of offices 
or officers to which authority has been delegated by the Commission and apply 
appropriate sanctions whenever necessary; 
(bb) Prescribe rules and policies on employee organizations and regulate employee-
management relations including the settlement of disputes; 
(cc )Prescribe and enforce rules and regulations to promote and ensure safe, healthy and 
proper working conditions for employees; 


(dd) Keep and maintain personnel records, extend and accredit government service of 
public officers and employees; 
(ee )Delegate authority for the performance of any of its functions to other departments and 
agencies where such functions can be effectively performed; 
(ff) Appoint and discipline its officers and employees in accordance with law and exercise 
control and supervision over the activities of the Commission; 
(gg) Administer programs that will foster an honest, graft-free public service, including but 
not limited to the encouragement and protection of persons who report to proper 
government authorities anomalies and irregularities in government operations; and, 
(hh) Exercise all powers and perform the functions properly belonging to a central personnel 
agency. 
SEC. 19. 
Duties and Responsibilities of the Chairperson and the Commissioners. 
-(a) 
The Chairperson and the two Commissioners shall be responsible for the effective 
exercise of the rule-making, policy-formulation and adjudicative functions of the Commission. 
They shall decide by a majority vote on any case or matter brought before the Commission 
within sixty (60) days from the date of its submission for decision or resolution. 
(b) 
The Chairperson shall be the chief executive officer and shall perform the 
following functions: 
(1) 
Execute and administer the internal policies, decisions, orders, and 
resolutions approved by the Commission; 
(2) 
Direct and supervise the operations and internal administration of the 
Commission; 
(3) 
Sign appointments of subordinate officers and employees made by the 
Commission and enforce decisions on administrative discipline involving 
them; 
(4) 
Submit the annual budget of the Commission to Congress for its approval; 
(5) 
Transmit to the President, rules and regulations adopted by the 
Commission which require presidential attention including annual and 
other periodic reports; 
(6) 
Delegate authority, in whole or in part, to other officers of the 
Commission, in accordance with the Rules and Regulations of the 
Commission; and 
(7) 
Perform such other functions as may be provided by law. 
( c) 
The Chairperson shall be an ex -officio member of the board of directors and 
governing body of government entities whose functions affect the career 
development, employment status, rights, privileges and welfare of public officers 
and employees, such as the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS), 


Foreign Service Institute (FSI), Board of Foreign Service Examinations (BFSE), 
Foreign Trade Service Board (FTSB), Board for Professional Teachers (BPT), 
Scientific Career Council (SCC), Development Academy of the Philippines 
(DAP), Home Development Mutual Fund (HDMF), Philippine Health Insurance 
Corporation (PhilHealth) and other similar boards as may be created by law. The 
Chairperson may delegate any of these responsibilities to any of the 
Commissioners and other ranking officers of the Commission. 
(d) 
The Commissioners may perform such functions as may be delegated by the 
Commission. 
In the absence of the Chairperson owing to illness or incapacity, 
the senior Commissioner shall act as, and perform the functions of the 
Chairperson. 
SEC. 20. 
Commission Proceedings. - The proceedings of the Commission shall be 
in accordance with such rules as it may adopt. 
Chaptel· 2. Organization and Structure 
SEC. 21. 
Offices in the Commission. - The Commission shall have the following 
offices: 
(a) 
Office of the Assistant Commissioners; 
(b) 
Office for the Career Executive and Technical Systems; 
(c) 
Office for Legal Affairs; 
(d) 
Examination, Recruitment, and Placement Office; 
(e) 
Personnel Policies and Standards Office; 
(I) 
Human Resource Development Office; 
(g) 
The Civil Service Institute; 
(h) 
Public Sector Labor Relations Office; 
(i) 
Public Assistance and Information Office; 
G) 
Integrated Records Management Office; 
(k) 
Office for Planning and Administration; 
(I) 
Office for Financial and Assets Management; 
(m) 
Office for Personnel Management and Development; 
(n) 
Staff Support Offices; 
(I) 
Internal Audit Service 
(2) 
Commission Secretariat and Liaison Office 
(0) 
Regional Offices/Field Offices. 


SEC. 22. 
Office of the Assistant Commissioners. -
The Office of the Assistant 
Commissioners (OACs) shall render executive staff functions to the Commission in the areas of 
research, policy review and program development. This office shall also handle special projects 
and maintain external linkages as may be deemed necessary by the Commission. There shall be 
no more than four (4) Assistant Commissioners at any given time. 
SEC. 23. 
Office of the Career Executive System. - The functions of the Office for 
the Career Executive and Technical Systems (OCETS) are defined in Chapter 3 on the Third 
Level Systems. 
SEC. 24. 
Office for Legal Affairs. - This office shall provide the Commission with 
legal advice and assistance in the exercise of its rule-making, policy-formulation, prosecution, 
quasi-judicial and other functions. The Solicitor General shall represent the Commission in 
connection with cases involving its functions before any court or tribunal. The Solicitor General 
may deputize attorneys of the Commission to appear before such courts or tribunals but shall be 
under the supervision and control of the Solicitor General with respect to such cases. 
SEC. 25. 
Examination, Placement and Recruitment Office. - The Examination, 
Placement and Recruitment Office (ERPO) shall take charge of developing, enhancing, 
controlling, supervising and coordinating pertinent schemes in the granting of civil service 
eligibility such as but not limited to administration of Civil Service examinations. It shall also 
take charge of formulating programs, policies, standards and guidelines in the certification and 
placement of civil service eligibles. 
SEC. 26. 
Personnel Policies and Standards Office. - The Persol1l1el Policies and 
Standards Office (PPSO) shall take charge of the formulation and periodic review of 
qualification-, performance- and promotion-standards within the context of the merit and rewards 
policies of the various closed and open career systems. The office shall, in coordination with 
appropriate offices in the Department of Budget and Management (DBM), develop policies and 
regulations with respect to the administration, maintenance and implementation of position 
classification & compensation as well as standards for the establishment, allocation and 
reallocation of pay scales, classes and positions. 
OPPS shall also develop policies, programs and regulations relative to performance 
management, as well as the inspection and audit of persol1l1el mechanisms in the government 
agencies. 
SEC. 27. 
Human Resource Development Office. 
The Human Resource 
Development Office (HRDO) shall formulate, administer, monitor and evaluate HRD programs 


and policies relative to the development and retention of a qualified and competent work force in 
the public service. It shall also be responsible for the innovation and modeling of development 
interventions to enhance capacities and reinforce service values of public servants. 
SEC. 28. 
Civil Service Institute. - This office shall be responsible for the design 
and administration of the Commission's training programs. 
SEC. 29. 
Public Sector Labor Relations Office. 
- The Public Sector Labor 
Relations Office (PSLRO) shall take charge of all inter- and intra-public sector union concerns 
such as employee relation standards, conciliation, registration and accreditation of unions 
including advocacy work. It shall also serve as the secretariat for the Public Sector Labor 
Management Council (PSLMC). 
The conduct of research and training on public sector 
unionism, as well as the function of designing and developing labor education programs shall 
also be lodged in this office. 
SEC. 30. 
Public Assistance and Information Office. 
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The Public Assistance 
Information Office (PAlO) shall take charge of managing an effective information exchange 
system between the Commission and its internal and external publics. Its function includes 
maintaining strong linkages with media institutions/practitioners as well as undertaking special 
projects, such as the CSC anniversary celebration and the Honor Awards Program, necessary in 
carrying-out its dual role of information dissemination as well as feedback generation on 
operations, programs and thrusts of the Commission. 
SEC. 31. 
Integrated Records Management Office. - The Integrated Records and 
Management Office (IRMO) shall fonnulate and implement policies, standards and regulations 
pertaining to the storage, maintenance, security control, and disposal of government personnel 
records and other related civil service documents. 
Management of such records includes 
maintenance of the resource center for computercbased information, the library, the archives, and 
the museum of the Commission. 
IRMO shall also be responsible for the management of incoming and outgoing 
communications of the Commission. 
SEC. 32. 
Office for Planning and Administration. - The Office for Planning and 
Administration (OPA) shall be responsible for the formulation, implementation and monitoring 
of the long-term Strategic Plans of the Commission. It shall provide technical support and 
assistance to the Commission on organizational planning, benchmarking and research and in the 
development of work programs and projects of the different Commission offices consistent with 
its mandate. 


OP A shall also oversee the formulation and management of the Information Technology 
Plan that shall serve as the blueprint for the development, implementation, and maintenance of 
communication and information systems vital to the internal operations of the CSC as well as to 
the decision-making functions of the Commission. 
SEC. 33. 
Office for Financial and Assets Management. - The Office for Financial 
Assets and Management (OF AM) shall take charge of ensuring sound fiscal and asset 
management consonant with the annual, supplemental and special budgets of the Commission as 
contained in the General Appropriations Act. 
SEC. 34. 
Office for Personnel Management and Development. - The Office for 
Personnel Management and Development (OPMD) shall take charge of formulating the human 
resource management and development plan of the Commission, which includes development of 
sound policies on personnel management in the areas of recruitment and selection, employee 
welfare and discipline, career development programs as well as position classification and pay 
plan of the Commission. 
SEC. 35. 
Internal Audit Service. -
The Internal Audit Service (lAS) shall oversee 
the periodic evaluation of existing methods and procedures, including financial systems, in the 
Commission and on the basis of such, formnlate plans and programs relative to fiscal discipline, 
and management improvement and productivity of the Commission. 
SEC. 36. 
Commission Secretariat and Liaison Office. 
The Commission 
Secretariat and Liaison Office (CSLO) shall take charge of programming and coordinating 
regular and special meetings of the Commission, and of communicating with other government 
agencies. 
Its function includes efficient information management and maintenance of all 
records, decisions, policies, pronouncements and issuances of the Commission. 
CSLO shall also be the main liaison with Congress, the Regional Offices, and other 
government offices. 
SEC. 37. 
Regional Offices/Field Offices. -
The Regional Offices shall enforce 
Civil Service rules, policies and standards on personnel management within their respective 
regional jurisdictions. They shall provide technical advice and assistance to government offices 
and agencies regarding personnel administration such as but not limited to examination and 
placement, career development, appointments, filing/resolution of legal cases, audit, and other 
functions delegated by the Commission. 


SEC. 38. 
Changes in the Commission Organizational Structure. 
The 
Commission may reorganize or effect changes in its organization, including the creation, merger 
or consolidation, splitting or division ill1d abolition of offices and positions. 
Chapter 3. The Third Level Systems 
SEC. 39. 
The Third Level Systems - The Third Level administered by the Civil 
Service Commission shall be composed of the Career Executive System and the Career 
Technical System. The Career Technical System shall among others consist of the foreign 
service, scientific, artistic, academic fields and other highly technical positions as maybe 
determined by the Civil Service Commission. 
SEC. 40. 
Office for the Career Executive and Technical Systems - The Office for 
the Career Executive and Technical Systems, which shall be an office under the Civil Service 
Commission with its own administrative and financial support system, shall serve as the 
Secretariat for the Third Level Systems. It shall be responsible for the implementation of the 
policies, rules, regulations, decisions, directives, and instructions pertaining to the third level. 
The Office for the Career Executive and Technical Systems shall be headed by an 
Assistant Commissioner, who shall be assisted by a Director IV, both of whom shall be Career 
Executive Officers and appointed by the Chairperson ofthe Civil Service Commission. 
SEC. 41. 
The Career Executive System. - The Career Executive System shall cover 
all executive and mill1agerial positions in the Executive, Legislative, and Judicial branches, 
including Constitutional offices and such other equivalent positions as may be identified by the 
Board. 
Entry and advancement in the Career Executive System shall be governed by the 
principle of merit and fitness, other requirements as may be prescribed by the Board through the 
Civil Service Commission. The Career Executive System shall be essentially characterized by 
the principles of security oftenure and mobility. 
SEC. 42. 
Membership - A Career Executive Officer-Eligible who is assigned to a 
position in the Career Executive System shall automatically be given the entry rank as Career 
Executive Officer by the Civil Service Commission npon recommendation by the Board. This 
process completes his/her membership in the Career Executive System. 
SEC. 43. 
Career Executive System Board - The Board is the policy making body of 
the Career Executive System. It shall promulgate rules, standards, and procedures in the 


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recruitment, selection, assignment to positions, classification, compensation, mobility, 
performance management, tour of duty, rewards and incentives, and training and career 
development of Career Executive Officers and Career Executive Officer-Eligibles. 
The Civil Service Commission shall exercise administrative supervision over the Board. 
SEC. 44. 
Composition of the Career Executive System Board - The Board shall 
consist of the Chairperson of the Civil Service Commission, as the Board's ex-officio 
Chairperson; the Secretary of the Department of Budget and Management or hislher permanent 
representative not lower than an Undersecretary; the President of the Development Academy of 
the Philippines; and the Dean of the National College of Public Administration and Governance 
of the University ofthe Philippines as ex-officio members. 
The Board shall also include a representative of the nationwide association of career 
executive officers, a representative of the nationwide association of personnel managers in the 
private sector, both of whom shall be nominated by their respective associations, and one from 
the ranks of retired Career Executive Officers, all of whom shall be appointed by the Chairperson 
for a term of three (3) years. 
Members of the Board shall be provided with per diems and allowances as may be 
determined by the Commission. 
SEC. 45. 
Rank System in the Career Executive System - Career Executive Officers 
shall be classified according to ranks, which shall be established and determined by the Civil 
Service Commission upon recommendation by the Board. The classification of ranks shall be 
based on proven competence, qualifications, broad levels of responsibility, and other relevant 
considerations. 
SEC. 46. 
Appointment to Rank - Only a Career Executive Officer-Eligible assigned 
to a position in the Career Executive System within the coverage of the Salary-Standardization 
Law, shall be appointed to a rank by the Civil Service Commission upon recommendation by the 
Board. The issuance of rank shall be done by the Chairperson of the Civil Service Commission. 
SEC. 47. 
Personnel Mechanisms - The Board shall develop and design personnel 
mechanisms for the Career Executive System in accordance with standards and policies 
developed by the Commission. 
SEC. 48. 
Compensation - A Career Executive Officer shall be compensated 
according to rank and shall be provided with an attractive salary, fringe benefits, and reasonable 
allowances. A Career Executive Officer occupying a position in the Career Executive System 
shall enjoy an added premium based on his/her rank. 
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occupies a position whose salary grade is higher than that of his/her rank, he/she shall receive the 
difference between the salary grade of his/her position and his/her rank while assigned to the 
position. 
The Board, in coordination with the Civil Service Commission, and in consultation with 
the Department of Budget and Management, shall develop, and periodically review a 
compensation plan for Career Executive Officers. 
The employing agency shall provide the funds to pay the salary, fringe benefits, and 
allowances of a Career Executive Officer. 
SEC. 49. 
Mobility - Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, Career 
Executive Officers may be assigned to any position in the Career Executive System without 
diminution in rank and salary. 
There shall be a tour of duty of three (3) years for each Career Executive Officer, during 
which period he/she shall not be transfelTed to another office or position without his/her consent. 
SEC. 50. 
CES Resource Pool - The Civil Service Commission shall establish a 
Career Executive System Resource Pool drawn from Career Executive Officers who may be 
tapped by other agencies of the govermnent for cross-posting to undertake special works and 
unique assignments within a specific period, depending on the needs of the requesting agency. 
Participation of Career Executive Officers in the Pool may either be voluntary or involuntary. 
For this purpose, the Civil Service Commission upon recommendation of the Board shall 
establish the systems and procedures in the assignment of Career Executive Officers to the 
Career Executive System Resource Pool. 
The Civil Service Commission shall administer the Pool and pay for the salaries, benefits, 
and other expenses of Career Executive Officers assigned to the Pool. 
SEC. 51. 
Security of Tenure - A Career Executive Officer shall enjoy security of 
tenure in the Career Executive System and shall not be suspended or dismissed, except for cause 
and after due process. 
Officers in Salary Standardization Law-exempt agencies shall be governed by private 
sector rules and as such, shall not enjoy security of tenure. 
SEC. 52. 
Discipline - The Civil Service Commission shall have the authority to 
discipline occupants of positions in Career Executive System. 
SEC. 53. 
Promotion in Rank - The Board shall recommend to the Civil Service 
Commission the criteria which shall be the basis for promotion in rank. The criteria to be 


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established shall include, but are not limited to, dimensions such as performance, qualifications, 
and proven competence. 
SEC. 54. 
Assignment to Positions in the Career Executive System - Career 
Executive Officer-Eligibles shall be given priority in assignments to vacant positions in the 
Career Executive System. In exceptional cases, a non-Career Executive Officer-Eligible may be 
assigned to a position in the Career Executive System on a temporary status. He/she shall, 
however, be replaced once a Career Executive Officer-Eligible becomes available. 
Those who are in the Salary Standardization Law (SSL)-exempt agencies shall also be 
required to be Career Executive Officer-Eligibles prior to their assignments to positions in the 
Career Executive System. 
As far as practicable, all Undersecretaries and Assistant Secretaries shall come from the 
Career Executive Officers and Eligibles. In no case shall the number of non-career 
Undersecretaries and Assistant Secretaries exceed more than fifty percent (50%) of the number 
of career Undersecretaries and Assistant Secretaries. 
The Civil Service Commission shall establish a mechanism to ensure that assignments to 
positions in the Career Executive System conform to the standards prescribed under this Code. 
SEC. 55. 
Assignments by the President - The President shall assIgn Career 
Executive Officers to career Undersecretary and Assistant Secretary positions. Appointment to 
non-career Undersecretary and Assistant Secretary positions shall be made by the President. 
SEC. 56. 
Assignments by the Head of Agency - Assignments to Career Executive 
System positions lower than Assistant Secretary shall be made by the head of agency or the 
appointing authority concerned and such shall be subject to the approval by the Commission. 
SEC. 57. 
Training and Career Development - The Board shall establish a 
continuing program of training and career development for Career Executive Officers and Career 
Executive Officer-Eligibles. 
SEC. 58. 
Performance Management - The Board shall develop a system for 
periodic evaluation of performance of occupants of positions in the Career Executive System, 
taking into account their accomplishments and managerial capability. This periodic evaluation 
system shall be the basis for the grant of incentives and awards, as well as for sanctions for poor 
performance. 


SEC. 59. 
BOOK II. PERSONNEL POLICIES AND STANDARDS 
Title I - On Employment 
Chapter 1. Recruitment 
Policy. - Recruitment in the civil service system shall be made on the 
basis of merit and fitness to perform the duties and assume the responsibilities of the position, to 
be determined as far as practicable by competitive examination usually administered by the 
Commission. Only the Commission shall have the authority to grant civil service eligibility. 
Every Filipino citizen shall have equal access to or opportunities for public service 
regardless of, among others religious belief, color, sex, regional origin, sexual-orientation or 
etlmic atliliation. Measures shall be adopted to include qualified members of indigenous cultural 
communities and other minority groups and differently abled persons for recruitment and 
selection. 
SEC. 60. 
Kinds and Frequency of Civil Service Examinations. -
Examinations 
may be written, oral, physical, testimonial based on performance or skills or a combination of 
these types. Examinations may take into consideration experience, education, aptitude, capacity, 
knowledge, character, physical fitness and other attributes of the applicant as may be determined 
by the Commission. 
The Commission shall administer competitive examinations for all levels in the career 
service and grant corresponding civil service eligibilities to passers of the same and conduct civil 
service examinations as often as the exigency of the service requires, 
Civil service special examinations may be conducted upon request of a particular 
department or agency, subject to rules and regulations promulgated by the Commission. 
SEC. 61. 
Qualifications of Applicants to Civil Service Examinations. - Admission 
to civil service examinations shall be limited to citizens of the Philippines who satisfactorily 
meet the requirements prescribed by the Commission. 
SEC. 62. 
Invalidation of Civil Service Examination Results. - The Commission 
shall have the authority to invalidate civil service examination results based on statistical 
improbability and other forms of irregularity as determined by the Commission, 
SEC. 63. 
Examination Rating for Civil Service Eligibility. - Unless otherwise 
prescribed by the Commission, every examinee who obtains a general rating of at least eighty 
(80%) percent shall be granted a civil service eligibility. 


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SEC. 64. 
Simultaneous Release of Examination Results. 
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The results of an 
examination held in various locations on the same date shall be released simultaneously. 
SEC. 65. 
Registers of Civil Service Eligibles. - The Commission shall maintain a 
register of qualified eligibles for each category of examination actually available for 
appointment. The register shall be the basis for certification and appointment in the civil service 
system. 
SEC. 66. 
Bar or Board Examinations as Eligibility. - Successful examinees to bar 
or board examinations requiring completion of baccalaureate degrees or courses requiring not 
less than seventy-two (72) units of collegiate subjects or its equivalent as well as those registered 
under their respective boards to practice their professions without examination, shall be 
considered civil service eligibles. 
Their eligibilities shall be effective upon the release of 
examination results or the date of registration, as the case may be. 
The Supreme Court and the Professional Regulation Commission shall furnish the 
Commission with the official list of successful examinees within thirty (30) days from the release 
of the examination results. 
SEC. 67. 
Effectivity and Imprescriptibility of Civil Service Eligibility. 
Eligibilities resulting from civil service, bar or board examinations shall be effective on the date 
of the release of examination results. Other eligibilities granted by the Commission shall be 
effective on the date of the grant. 
Civil service eligibilities shall be imprescriptible. 
SEC. 68. 
Agency Responsibilities in the Conduct of Examinations. 
All 
departments and agencies shall extend the necessary support and assistance to the Commission in 
the conduct of civil service examinations. They shall make available such personnel, buildings, 
transportation, communication and other facilities, that may be needed in the administration of 
the examinations. 
SEC. 69. 
Printing, Storage, Transportation and Distribution of Examination 
Materials. - The printing, storage, transportation and distribution of examination materials shall 
be under the exclusive supervision and control of the Commission. The Commission shall 
determine and provide the necessary security measures for this purpose. 
SEC. 70. 
Examining Committees, Examiners and Investigators. 
The 
Commission may deputize persons to act as members of examining committees, examiners or 
investigators to perform such duties as the Commission may require. In the performance of such 


duties, they shall be under the exclusive control and supervision of the Commission. Such 
persons so deputized may be given allowances or per diem for their services to be paid out of 
funds allocated for the particular examination and at a rate to be determined by the Commission. 
Expenses for specialized examinations shall be allocated by the requesting department or agency. 
Chapter 2. Selection and Appointment 
SEC. 71. 
Selection Process. -
Each department or agency shall evolve its own 
selection process in accordance with standards and guidelines set by the Commission. 
A Personnel Selection Board for all levels shall be established in each department or 
agency to assist the appointing authority in the judicious evaluation and selection of personnel. 
The board shall be established in accordance with standards and guidelines set hy the 
Commission. 
SEC. 72. 
Requisites for Appointment. - Employment in the government service 
shall be made through appointment in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution, this 
Code, other laws and the rules and standards prescribed by the Commission. 
In the appointment of teachers to public elementary or secondary schools preference shall 
be given to qualified bona fide residents of the municipality/city where the school is located. 
SEC. 73. 
Publication of Vacancies. - All vacant positions in government shall be 
published or announced in either print or broadcast media or in any other form of publication 
such as in a newspaper or periodical of general or local circulation; the quarterly bulletin of 
vacant positions prepared by the Commission; or through posting on internet websites; prior to 
its filling-up. Provided, however that, only vacancies at the local government units shall be 
published in newspapers or periodicals which are of local circulation, or announced in local radio 
networks. 
The agency where the vacancy is shall be responsible in publishing or announcing its 
vacant positions and such shall be posted in at least three (3) conspicuous public places in their 
area of jurisdiction. 
Provided, further that, published vacant positions shall be open to any qualified person 
and that the Commission shall not act on any appointment to a vacant position unless the same 
has been published and posted. 
The following positions shall be exempt from the publication requirement: 
(a) 
primarily confidential; 
(b) 
policy-determining; 
( c) 
highly technical; 
(d) 
coterminous with that ofthe appointing authority; or 


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( e) 
limited to the duration of a particular project. 
SEC. 74. 
Merit and Fitness in Appointment. - Appointment in the civil service 
system shall be made only according to merit and fitness to be determined, as far as practicable, 
by competitive examination, except to positions which are policy determining, primarily 
confidential, or highly technical. 
SEC. 75. 
Who May Appoint. - Appointment in the civil service system shall be 
issued only by those authorized by the Constitution or by law including those appointed in an 
acting capacity. Those who are designated cannot exercise the power to appoint. 
The appointing authority shall confine his/her choice to the top five candidates as ranked 
by the Personnel Selection Board (PSB). 
SEC. 76. 
Qualifications jor Appointment. -
Appointment in the civil servICe 
system shall be limited to citizens of the Philippines who are at least eighteen (18) years of age 
and who meet the qualifications and none of the disqualifications prescribed for the position. 
SEC. 77. 
Effectivity oj Appointment. 
An appointment shall take effect 
immediately upon its issuance by the appointing authority. If the appointee has assumed the 
duties of the position, he/she shall be entitled to receive salary at once without awaiting the 
approval of his/her appointment by the Commission. Such appointment cannot be withdrawn or 
cancelled by the appointing authority and shall remain in full force and effect unless disapproved 
by the Commission. However, an appointment issued through fraudulent means or in violation 
of law, shall be void from the beginning. 
In the case of temporary appointment, the twelve (12) month period of its effectivity shall 
be reckoned from the date of issuance of the appointment and not from the date the appointee 
assumes the duties of the position. 
No officer or employee in the government shall allow a person to render service without 
an appointment duly issued by the appointing authority. 
Those who allow such service in 
violation of this Section shall be personally liable for the salaries of the person concerned. 
Moreover, the services rendered by the said person shall not be credited as government service. 
If the appointee does not assume office within thirty (30) days from date of issuance of 
appointment, said appointment shall be deemed automatically cancelled. 
If the appointee is not allowed to assume office by the appointing authority in spite of the 
Commission's approval of the appointment, the appointing authority shall be held liable for 
contempt of the Commission. This is without prejudice to hislher liability under RA 3019 (Anti-
Graft and Corrupt Practices Act) and other criminal and administrative sanctions. 


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SEC. 78. 
Appointment Form. 
An appointment shall be issued III the form 
prescribed by the Commission. 
SEC. 79. 
Submission of Appointments and Oaths of Office. - All appointments in 
the civil service system, except those issued by the President, shall be submitted to the 
Commission for approval not later than thirty (30) days from the date of issuance thereof. Such 
approval shall be indicated below the signature of the appointing authority; otherwise, it shall be 
made effective thirty (30) days prior to the date of submission to the Commission. 
Copies of appointments and oaths of office of those appointed by the President shall be 
submitted to the Commission for record purposes. 
SEC. 80. 
Merit Promotion Plan. -
Each department or agency shall establish a 
Merit Promotion Plan, subject to the approval of the Commission in accordance with standards 
and guidelines it may prescribe. 
SEC. 81. 
Appropriate Civil Service Eligibility. 
Appropriate civil servICe 
eligibility shall be required for permanent appointment to positions in the career service in 
accordance with the standards set by the Commission. 
Whenever there is a qualified civil 
service eligible willing and actually available for appointment, no appointment shall be issued to 
a person who is not an eligible, even in a temporary capacity. 
When as certified to by the Commission, the immediate filling of the vacancy is required 
in the public interest, or when the vacancy is not permanent, a temporary appointment may be 
issued to eligibles who lack any of the other requirements for appointment or, to non-eligibles 
who meet all the other mandatory requirements for a particular position. 
A person with a civil service eligibility acquired by passing an examination shall be 
qualified for a position requiring a lower level eligibility if helshe possesses the other 
requirements for appointment to such position. 
Nothing herein shall affect eligibilities acquired prior to the effectivity of this Code. 
SEC. 82. 
Qualification Standards. - Qualification standards shall be used: (a) as 
a basis for civil service examinations for positions in the career service; (b) as a guide in 
appointment and other personnel actions; (c) in the adjudication of protests against appointment; 
(d) in determining training needs; and (e) as an aid in inspection and audit of the agencies' 
personnel work programs. 
The establishment, administration and maintenance of qualification standards shall be the 
responsibility of the department or agency concerned, with the approval of the Commission. 
Qualification standards shall be administered so as to continually provide incentives to 
public officers and employees towards professional growth. 


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Chapter 3. Status of Appointment 
SEC. 83. 
Appointment Status. - The status of an appointment shall be: 
(a) 
Permanent -
an appointment issued to a person who meets all the qualification 
requirements of the position. 
In no case shall a person who meets all the 
requirements for permanent appointment be issued temporary appointment except 
to 
occupational 
groups 
of positions 
requmng 
additional 
or 
special 
disqualifications, in which case, prior clearance to issue temporary appointment 
shall first be secured fTOm the Commission. 
In case an appointment is 
erroneously issued, the Commission shall make the necessary rectification. 
Whenever there is a qualified civil service eligible willing and actually 
available for appointment as certified by the Commission, a non-eligible shall not 
be appointed even in a temporary capacity to any vacant position in the career 
service. 
(b) 
Temporary - an appointment issued to a person who does not meet the eligibility 
or any of the other qualification requirements of the position: Provided, that there 
are no qualified eligibles willing and actually available for appointment and that 
the appointment shall not exceed twelve (12) months. 
A temporary employee shall not be removed except for cause during the 
one (I) year period; Provided, that he/she may be replaced any time within the 
said period, only by a qualified civil service eligible. 
In the latter case, the 
appointing authority shall recall the temporary appointment and appoint the 
qualified civil service eligible. 
(a) 
Provisional- an appointment issued to a teacher who meets all the requirements 
of the position except the eligibility but shall not exceed twelve (12) months. 
(b) 
Substitute - an appointment issued to a person who has all the qualifications for 
permanent appointment but shall occupy a temporary vacancy while the regular 
occupant thereof is on an approved leave of absence for at least one month, on a 
scholarship grant, on secondment, out on official business, or is unable to perform 
the duties for at least a month. 
(c) 
Coterminous status of appointment - an appointment issued to a person whose 
entrance and continuity in the service is: (1) based on the trust and confidence of 
the appointing authority or of the head of the organizational unit where he/she is 
assigned; (2) limited by the duration of the project; (3) co-existent with the life 
span of the agency or office created; or (4) co-existent with the term or tenure of 
office of the appointing authority or the head of a specific organizational unit. 
(d) 
Contractual- an appointment issued to a person for services in accordance with a 
special contract to undertake a specific work requiring special or technical skills 


unavailable in the employing agency, to be accomplished within one year. The 
contractual employee shall perform the specific work under his/her own 
responsibility with minimum direction and supervision from the hiring agency. 
No contractual appointments corresponding to plantilla positions shall be issued. 
(e) 
Casual - an appointment issued to a person for services in an emergency or 
during peak work period to positions which do not have regular items in the 
plantilla of personnel of the department or agency. 
A casual appointment shall 
not exceed twelve (12) months. 
Casual employees who have been in the service for an aggregate of three 
(3) years from the approval of this Act who meet all the qualification 
requirements of the position shall be absorbed as regular employees in accordance 
with the budgetary limitations set by law and rules to be promulgated by the 
Commission. 
In no case shall temporary, provisional, contractual and casual appointments exceed an 
aggregate number of three (3) years in the same position except in meritorious cases as 
determined by the Commission. 
SEC. 84. Job Orders/Contract of Services and Consultancy. - The appointing authority 
may enter into service contracts such as job orders/contracts of services and consultancies with 
individuals and institutions to cover lump sum work or services for short duration wherein no-
employer-employee relation exists which contract shall be submitted to the Commission thirty 
(30) days from perfection of the contract for monitoring and record purposes. 
SEC. 85. 
Budgetfor Casual, Contractual Services and Job Orders/Contracts of 
Services. 
- The aggregate annual expenditure for consultancy, casual and contractual services 
shall jointly be determined by the Commission and the Department of Budget and Management. 
Chapter 4. On Personnel Actions 
SEC. 86. 
Personnel Action. - Denotes the movement of personnel within the civil 
service system. 
It shall include original appointment, promotion, transfer, reinstatement, 
reemployment, reappointment, renewal, change of status, upgrading or reclassification, demotion 
and other related action. Personnel actions shall be in accordance with the rules, standards and 
regulations promulgated by the Commission. 
A vacancy may be filled up by any of the following personnel actions: 
original 
appointment, promotion, transfer, renewal, demotion, reemployment and reappointment. 


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SEC. 87. 
Original Appointment. - refers to the initial entry into the career service 
or non-career service. 
The appointee shall undergo a probationary period of six (6) months during which he/she 
shall undergo a thorough assessment of his/her performance and character. His/Her services can 
be terminated anytime during said period for unsatisfactory conduct or want of capacity. 
The 
order of termination shall be served through personal notice or through constructive notice and 
shall no longer be appealable. 
SEC. 88. 
Promotion. - is the movement of an employee to a higher position with a 
corresponding increase in duties and responsibilities, usually accompanied by an increase in 
salary. 
The pendency of an administrative case against any public officer or employee shall not 
be a bar to promotion. 
SEC. 89. 
Transfer. -
is the movement of an employee from one agency to another 
or from one position to another within the same agency which may involve a position of higher, 
equivalent or lower rank, level or salary, without break in the service. 
Transfer requires the 
issuance of an appointment. 
SEC. 90. 
Reinstatement. - is the automatic restoration of a person to a position 
from which he/she was illegally separated with back salaries, allowances and other monetary 
benefits except rata and uniform allowance not to exceed five (5) years reckoned retroactively 
from the date of actual reinstatement. 
SEC. 91. 
Reemployment. 
is the appointment of a person who has been 
previously appointed to a position in the government service after separation therefrom. 
Reemployment presupposes gap in the service. 
SEC. 92. 
Reappointment. -
IS the issuance of an appointment during 
reorganization, devolution, salary standardization involving change in position titles and salary 
grades, or similar events. Reappointment presupposes no gap in the service. 
SEC. 93. 
Renewal. - is the subsequent appointment issued immediately upon the 
expiration of a temporary, contractual or casual appointment, if a qualified eligible is not willing 
and actually available, as certified by the Commission. 
Renewal presupposes no gap in the 
service. 


SEC. 94. 
Demotion. -
is the movement from one position to another within the 
same department or agency involving the issuance of an appointment with diminution in duties, 
responsibilities and status or rank which mayor may not involve reduction in salary: Provided, 
that such demotion shall require the consent of the officer or employee concerned. 
SEC. 95. 
Reclassification. - is the process of upgrading or downgrading a position 
without change of status and regardless of the qualifications ofthe holder of said position. 
SEC. 96. 
Personnel Movements Not Involving the Issuance of Appointments. -
The issuance of an appointment is not needed in personnel movement involving no change in 
position title, rank or status if the existing appointment does not specify the work station. Such 
movement may include the following: 
(a) 
change in item number only 
(b) 
Salary adjustment 
(c) 
Step-increment 
(d) 
Upgrading (same position) 
Notice of such adjustment or movement shall be submitted to the Commission within 
thirty (30) days from issuance thereof. 
Except for secondment, the following persol1l1el movements do not require the issuance 
of appointments but shall require office orders: 
(a) 
Reassignment -
is the movement of an employee across the organizational 
structure within the same department or agency, which does not involve 
diminution in rank, status or salary. 
Reassignment of employees with station-specific appointments shall be 
allowed for maximum period of one year only, if without the consent of the 
employee. 
Reassignment of employees without station-specific appointments has no 
definite duration, except when the reassignment is outside the geographical 
location, in which case reassignment without the consent of the employee shall be 
for one year only. 
Reassignment is presumed to be regular and made in the interest of public 
service unless proven otherwise or if it constitutes constructive dismissal. 
Constructive dismissal exists when an official or employee quits his or her work 
because of the agency head's unreasonable, humiliating or demeaning actuations 
which render continued work impossible, or when the reassigmnent results in 
severe economic dislocation, performance of duties and responsibilities alien and 
remote to those attached to the position, or placement in remote and inaccessible 
geographic location. In these cases, the employee is deemed illegally dismissed. 


This may occur although there is no diminution or reduction in rank, status or 
salary of the employee. 
(b) 
Detail - is the temporary movement of a public officer or employee from one 
department or agency to another without the issuance of an appointment but with 
the consent of both the mother and receiving agencies and shall be allowed only 
for a maximum period of one year; otherwise, the consent of the officer or 
employee concerned shall be necessary. Detail shall not result in reduction in 
rank, status or salary. 
Detail which results in demotion in rank, status or salary or which exceed 
s one year without the consent of the public officer or employee may be appealed 
to the Commission. Pending the appeal, detail of the officer or employee shall be 
held in abeyance until the decision of the Commission. 
The detailed employee shall carry his/her regular position in the mother 
agency and continue to receive his/her salary from the mother agency. 
(c) 
Job Rotation - is the sequential movement of an officer or employee from one 
office to another or from one division to another within the same agency as a 
means for developing and enhancing the potentials of people in an organization 
by exposing them to the other work functions of the agency. It shall be allowed 
only for a maximum period of one (1) year. However, job rotation exceeding one 
(1) year may be allowed with the written consent of the officer or employee. 
(d) 
Secondment - is a movement of an officer or employee from one department or 
agency to another upon mutual concurrence between the mother agency, the 
receiving agency and the employee concerned which should be covered by a 
Memorandum Of Agreement (MOA) in accordance with the guidelines that the 
Commission may promulgate. 
It is temporary in nature which may involve 
reduction or increase in compensation and mayor may not require the issuance of 
an appointment. The seconded employee shall be on leave without pay from the 
mother agency and shall be entitled to the compensation of the position to which 
he/she was seconded in the receiving agency. Unless otherwise specified in the 
MOA, the receiving agency shall shoulder all the benefits and emoluments of the 
seconded employee. 
(e) 
Designation - The employee designated should hold permanent appointments to 
career positions. The designee cannot be granted the salaries of the positions they 
are being designated to, except allowances that go with their functions. 
SEC. 97. 
Change of Status. - When a temporary officer or employee acquires the 
appropriate eligibility or becomes fully qualified to the position to which he/she is appointed, the 
status of such appointment shall be changed from temporary to permanent without issuing 


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another appointment. However, such change shall be reflected in the records of the Commission 
upon the notification by the agency concerned. 
Title II - Disputes Regarding Appointments and Other Personnel Actions 
Chapter 1. 
Contest on Appointments and Other Non-Disciplinary Cases 
SEC. 98. 
Who May Contest An Appointment. -
Any eligible qualified for the 
position may contest an appointment made in favor of one who is not qualified or whose 
appointment is issued not in accordance with law. 
SEC. 99. 
Adjudication of Contests on Appointments and Other Personnel Actions. 
All other cases on non-disciplinary personnel actions shall be adjudicated initially by the 
appointing authority, in accordance with the procedure prescribed by the Commission. 
SEC. 100. 
Appeals on Contests of Appointments Other Personnel Actions And Non 
Disciplinary Cases. - The decisions of heads of agencies shall be appealable to the Commission. 
SEC. 101. 
TITLE III - Agency Personnel Administration 
Chapter 1. Inter-Agency Relations 
The Central Personnel Agency. 
The Commission, as the central 
personnel agency of the government, shall promulgate rules and regulations to govern personnel 
administration and management in the civil service system. 
SEC. 102. 
Re~ponsibility for Personnel Administration. -
The head of each 
department or agency shall be responsible for personnel administration in the office. 
Each department or agency shall establish a personnel office to be headed by a Human 
Resource Management Officer (HRMO) who shall be responsible for the effective 
implementation of personnel regulations and policies. 
Employee unions and organizations shall be consulted and represented in the 
development and implementation of the agency personnel mechanisms such as merit promotion 
plan, incentives and rewards program, performance appraisal system, incentives and rewards 
plan, training and development plan, grievance machinery, and occupational and health plan, in 
accordance with the rules and regulations promulgated by the Commission. 
SEC. 103. 
Council of Human Resource Management Officers. - There shall be a 
Council of Human Resource Management Officers (CHRMO) to be composed of holders of the 
HRMO positions which shall elect from among its regular members a set of officers and 
promulgate its internal rules and proccdures. 
The CI-IRMO shall have the following functions: 


(a) 
Offer advice, upon request of the Secretary of the department or the Commission, 
in developing constructive policies, standards, procedures, and programs as well 
as on matters relating to the improvement of personnel methods and to the 
solution of personnel problems confronting the various departments and agencies 
ofthe government; 
(b) 
Promote among the departments and agencIes, through study and discussion, 
uniform and consistent interpretation and application of persOlmel policies; and 
( c) 
Serve as a clearing house of information and simulate the use of methods of 
personnel management that will contribute most to good government. 
(d) 
SEC. 104. 
Appointment of Human Resource Management Officers in the Local 
Government Units. - The local chief executive shall appoint Human Resource Management 
Officers from among the list of at least three (3) recommendees of the Commission. 
Chapter 2. Local Government Personnel Administration 
SEC. 105. 
Responsibility for Local Government Personnel Administration. - Each 
local government unit shall establish a human resource management office to be headed by an 
HRMO who shall be responsible for the implementation of personnel regulations and policies in 
accordance with the provisions of this Code, the Local Government Code, and rules, policies, 
standards, guidelines and regulations promulgated by the Commission. 
SEC. 106. 
HRMO Positions in LGUs. 
The position of HRMO shall be 
immediately mandatory for provincial and city governments, and first and second class 
mlmicipalities. Third and fourth class municipalities shall create the HRMO position within 
three (3) years from the effectivity of this Code. While the fifth and sixth class municipalities 
shall create the same within five (5) years. 
Chapter 3. Position Classification and Compensation 
SEC. 107. 
Position Classification and Compensation System. -
There shall be a 
Position Classification and Compensation System (PCCS) which shall be jointly prepared and 
administered by the Commission and the Department of Budget and Management. 
SEC. 108. 
Parts of the PCCS. -
The PCCS shall have two parts: the Position 
Classification Plan and the Compensation Plan. 
The Position Classification Plan shall consist of the following: 
(a) 
The occupational groups and classes to which positions are to be allocated or 
reallocated; and 


(b) 
The rules and regulations for its implementation. 
The Compensation Plan shall consist of the following: 
(a) 
Salary schedule; 
(b) 
Policies relative to allowances, bonuses, pension plan and other benefits accruing 
to public officers and employees in the civil service system; and 
(c) 
The rules and regulations for its implementation. 
SEC. 109. 
Basis for Position Classification and Compensation. - The classification 
and compensation of positions in the civil service system shall be based on similarity of kind and 
level of work and the determination of the relative worth ofthese classes of positions. 
SEC. 110. 
Coverage of the PCCS. - The PCCS shall apply to all positions in the 
civil service system whether permanent or temporary, appointive or elective on full-time or part-
time basis now existing or hereafter created. 
SEC. Ill. 
Allocation and Compensation of Positions. - Each department or agency 
shall allocate positions in accordance with the rules and regulations issued jointly by the 
Commission and the Department of Bndget and Management. Such allocations shall be binding 
on the administrative and auditing offices of the government. 
Any change in the position 
classification and compensation shall be included in the annual appropriations or budget of the 
department or agency only if it is in accordance with the PCCS mentioned in Section 103 hereof. 
Chapter 4. Personnel Inspection and Audit 
SEC. 112. 
Purpose. - The Commission shall conduct a periodic inspection and audit 
of the personnel management programs of each department and agency to: 
(a) 
Determine compliance with civil service law, rules and standards; 
(b) 
Review the exercise of delegated authority; 
(c) 
Evaluate the progress made and problems encountered in the implementation of 
the merit system; 
(d) 
Advise and provide assistance in the development of constructive policies, 
standards and procedures; and 
(d) 
Improve all areas of personnel management. 
SEC. 113. 
Scope. - The inspection and audit of the persOlmel management programs 
may include the following: 
(a) 
Organization and personncl management; 
(b) 
Formulation, issuance and implementation of personnel policies; 


(c) 
Recmitment and selection of employee; 
(d) 
Personnel action and employment status; 
(e) 
Career and employee development; 
(f) 
Performance evaluation systems; 
(g) 
Employee suggestions and incentive award; 
(h) 
Employee relations and service; 
(i) 
Discipline; 
(j) 
Personnel records and reporting; 
(k) 
Program evaluation; and 
(I) 
Employee organization. 
SEC. 114. 
Submission of Audit Reports. - The Commission shall regularly submit 
its au'dit reports to the units concerned, heads of departments, Office of the President and the 
Legislature. 
SEC. 115. 
BOOK III. HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT 
Title I - Human Resource Development 
Chapter 1. Policy on Human Resource Development 
Policy. 
There shall be an integrated program on human resource 
development for all levels and ranks in the civil service system that shall provide equal 
0ppOliunities for career development. 
The Commission shall provide leadership in the integration of all human resource 
development programs. All departments and agencies shall develop and implement human 
resource development plans and programs for their personnel to include among others, training 
and development, performance appraisal and incentives and awards in accordance with 
Commission policies and standards. 
Chapter 2. Training and Development 
SEC. 116. 
Training and Development System. - The Commission shall establish an 
Integrated Training and Development System (lTDS) for all levels and ranks. This shall include 
opportunities for training in skills enhancement and capability-building programs, local and 
foreign scholarships, and otber educational opportunities. 


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SEC. 117. 
Commission's Responsibilities jor Training and Development. - The 
Commission shall be responsible for the development, administration and evaluation of 
government-wide training programs on public personnel administration. 
The Commission shall issue the appropriate rules and regulations for the said training and 
development programs. 
SEC. 118. 
Responsibilitiesjor Local and Foreign Scholarships. - The Commission 
shall have the responsibility to administer service-wide local and foreign scholarship programs. 
It shall also develop policies, standards, procedures and guidelines for the effective, efficient and 
equitable distribution of all scholarship grants. 
However, foreign scholarship grants which are 
part of the overseas development assistance (ODA) shall be administered by an Inter-agency 
Committee co-chaired by the Commission and the National Economic and Development 
Authority. 
SEC. 119. 
Inter-Agency Scholarship Committee. -
The inter-agency scholarship 
committee which shall be co-chaired by the Chairperson of the Commission and by the Director-
General of the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) or their duly designated 
representatives shall have as members the heads of the following agencies or their duly 
designated representatives who hold positions not lower than that of assistant secretary or its 
equivalent: 
(a) 
Department of Foreign Affairs; 
(b) 
Department of Education; 
( c) 
University of the Philippines; 
(d) 
Commission on Higher Education; and the 
(e) 
Presidential Management Staff - Office of the President. 
The Committee Secretariat shall be based at the NEDA. 
SEC. 120. 
Agency Responsibilities jor Training and Development. -
Each 
department or agency shall be responsible for the development, implementation and evaluation 
of its training and development plan as well as its gender and development plan in accordance 
with the policies and standards promulgated by the Commission. 
To carry out these responsibilities, each agency shall establish its own Personnel 
Development Committee pursuant to the rules and regulations promulgated by the Commission. 
SEC. 121. 
Technical Assistance and Consultative Services. - The Commission shall 
provide technical assistance and consultative services lo all departments and agencies in the 
development, administration and evaluation of their human resource development programs. 


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The Commission may also avail of advisory assistance from its accredited training 
institutions, professional organizations, public sector unions, federations, confederations and 
non-government organizations (NGOs) in connection with its human resource development 
policies and programs. 
SEC. 122. 
Funding. -
Each department or agency with individual budget shall 
allocate an amount of not less than 5% thereof to be spent exclusively for its training and 
development programs and activities including conferences and conventions and submit periodic 
reports thereof to the Commission. 
Each agency shall likewise allocate 5% of its budget for gender and development 
activities and submit to the commission, periodic report on the utilization thereof. 
Chapter 3. Performance Appraisal 
SEC. 123. 
Performance Appraisal System. -
The Commission shall establish a 
Performance Appraisal System (PAS) for all appointive public officers and employees which 
shall be the basis for incentives, rewards and recognition, training and development, personnel 
actions, and administrative sanctions. 
SEC. 124. 
Performance Appraisal Plan. - Each department or agency shall develop 
and use one or more appropriate Performance Appraisal Plans (PAP) for the various groups of 
positions therein. 
All performance appraisal plans shall be submitted to the Commission for approval in 
accordance with its policies, standards and guidelines. 
Chapter 4. Incentives and Awards 
SEC. 125. 
Rewards System. -
The Commission shall establish a rewards system. 
It shall include incentives, commendations and awards. The rewards system shall be granted 
individually or in groups, for outstanding performance, exemplary conduct on the job, 
inventions, ideas or suggestions, superior accomplishments and other extraordinary acts or 
services in the interest of the public. 
The Commission shall develop, implement and evaluate the rewards system in all levels 
and ranks. 
SEC. 126. 
Merit and Rewards Plan. -
Each department or agency shall develop a 
merit and rewards plan appropriate for its officers and employees 
in accordance with policies 
and standards promulgated by the Commission. 


The plan shall first be submitted to the Commission for approval before it can be 
implemented. 
SEC. 127. 
Funding of the Rewards Plan. -The Commission and the Department of 
Budget and Management shall develop the funding scheme for the implementation of the 
rewards system. 
SEc.12S. 
TITLE II - Personnel Relations in the Civil Service System 
Chapter 1. Personnel Relations 
Declaration of Policy. - The Commission shall provide leadership and 
assistance in developing personnel relations programs in the civil service system in consultation 
with public officers and employees and/or their organizations with their respective departments 
and agencies. 
The head of a department or agency shall be responsible for an effective personnel 
relations program in the department or agency. 
SEC. 129. 
Grievance Machinery. - Each department or agency of the Government, 
with the assistance and approval of the Commission shall establish and administer a grievance 
machinery to promote wholesome and desirable relations among employees and between 
employees and management. 
Employees shall have the right to have their grievances adjudicated as expeditiously and 
as fairly as possible. 
A grievance may be filed by aggrieved employees or by the employee organization to 
which they belong in accordance with the guidelines issued by the Commission. 
SEC. 130. 
Right to Organize. - Government employees may form, join or assist 
employee organizations of their own choice for the furtherance and protection of their interests. 
Government employees may also form, in conjunction with appropriate government authorities, 
employee management committees, work councils and other forms of employee participation 
schemes. 
However, uniformed personnel of the Philippine National Police (PNP), Bureau of Fire 
Protection (BFP) and Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP), cannot form, join or 
assist rank-and-file employee organizations for purposes of collective negotiations. 
The third level employees and other employees whose functions are primarily managerial 
or confidential in nature cannot form, assist, or join 
employee organizations for purposes of 
collective negotiations. 


SEC. 131. 
Protection of the Right to Self-Organization. - Government employees 
shall not be discriminated against by reason of their membership in employee organizations or 
participation in the normal and legitimate activities of such organizations. Employment in the 
civil service system shall not be subject to the condition that the individual shall not form or join 
any employee's organizations. 
Management shall not interfere in the establishment and administration of government 
employee organizations. 
Chapter 2. 
Employee Organization 
SEC. 132. Registration of Rank-and-File Employee Organizations. -
Rank-and-file 
employee organizations shall register with the Commission in accordance with the implementing 
guidelines promulgated by the Commission. 
SEC. 133. 
Sole and Exclusive Employee Organization. - The duly registered 
employee organization in an agency that has the support of the majority of the total rank-and-file 
employees, shall be accredited by the Commission as the sole and exclusive employee 
representative. In cases when there are two (2) or more registered employee organizations in an 
agency, the Commission, upon petition, shall conduct a certification election and shall certify the 
employee organization who garnered the majority vote as the sole and exclusive representative 
of the rank-and-file employees in the said agency. 
For this purpose, an agency shall refer to an office which has its own budgetary 
allocations as provided for in the General Appropriations Act, specifically its Table of Contents. 
SEC. 134. 
Accreditation of Employee Federation in An Agency. 
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Registered 
employee organizations within a given agency may federate and shall be accredited as the sole 
and exclusive bargaining representative of the employees; Provided, its aggregate total 
membership constitute the majority ofthe total rank-and-file employees in the agency. 
SEC. 135. 
Collective Negotiations. - Except those that are fixed by law, terms and 
conditions of employment in the government service may be the subject of collective 
negotiations between duly accredited employee organizations and the appropriate government 
authorities. 
Collective negotiations agreements shall be registered with the Commission. 
Chapter 3. Settlement of Disputes 
SEC. 136. 
Definition of terms. -
For purposes of this Code, the following terms 
shall be defined as follows: 


(a) 
Arbitration - refers to the process whereby a third party (individual arbitrator), a 
board of arbitrators, or an arbitration court not acting as a court, is empowered to 
make a decision which disposes of the dispute. 
(I) 
Voluntary -
a method of settling dispute/s where both parties agree to 
submit the dispute before an arbitrator or panel of arbitrators chosen by 
both parties. The voluntary arbitrators shall render a decision after proper 
hearing of the issues. The decision of the arbitrator shall be final and 
binding on the contending parties. 
(2) 
Compulsory -
a method resorted to when the dispute has become 
hardened and irreconcilable and remains unresolved after exhausting all 
the available remedies under existing laws and procedures. 
(e) 
Conciliation - refers to the process whereby a third party (conciliator) brings the 
disputing parties together, encourages them to discuss their differences and assists 
them in developing their own proposed solutions. 
(f) 
Mediation - refers to the process whereby a third party (mediator) is more active 
in assisting the disputing parties reach acceptable solutions to the problern/s and 
help them develop or come out with an acceptable solution. The mediator may 
submit proposal/s for the settlement of dispute. 
SEC. 137. 
Settlement of Disputes. 
Disputes within employee organizations, 
between and among employee organizations, and between employee organizations and 
management shall be settled tlHough conciliation, mediation and arbitration. 
The Commission 
shall be responsible in providing conciliation and mediation services. 
In case any dispute 
remains unresolved, the Commission shall certify the same to the Public Sector Labor 
Management Council (PSLMC). 
However, the parties may opt to submit the issue for voluntary arbitration, the decision of 
which shall be final and unappealable. 
Chapter 4. Public Sector Labor-Management Council 
SEC. 138. 
Public Sector Labor-Management Council (PSLMC). - Public Sector 
Labor-Management Council (PSLMC) is hereby constituted to be composed of the following: 
(a) 
Chairperson, Civil Service Commission - Chairperson; 
(b) 
Secretary, Department of Labor and Employment - Vice Chairperson 
(c) 
Secretary, Department of Finance - Member; 
(d) 
Secretary of Justice - Member; 
(e) 
Secretary, Department of Budget and Management - Member; and 


(f) 
One (1) employee representative each from the National Government Agencies 
(NGAs), the Government-owned and Controlled Corporations (GOCCs), the 
Local Government Units (LGUs), and the State Colleges and Universities (SUCs), 
to be chosen by the employee organizations concerned. 
The ex-officio members may designate alternates who hold positions not lower than that 
of assistant secretary or its equivalent. 
The employee representatives may also designate their permanent alternates. 
The employee representatives shall serve for a term of two (2) years or until their 
successors shall have been appointed or elected. In no case, however, shall anyone of them serve 
under holdover capacity for more than one (1) year. 
The PSLMC may deputize public officers and employees of the Commission and of other 
departments and agencies to investigate and hear cases brought before it for arbitration. It may 
likewise deputize any national or local law enforcement agency or instrumentality of the 
government which shall act under its direct and immediate supervision, to enforce and execute 
its decisions, orders, and rulings. 
The PSLMC shall implement and administer the provisions of this Chapter. 
For this 
purpose, the PSLMC shall promulgate the necessary rules and regulations to implement this 
Chapter. 
SEC. 139. 
Original and Exclusive Jurisdiction of the PSLMC, - The PSLMC shall 
have original and exclusive jurisdiction to hear and decide the following cases: 
(a) 
Unfair labor practice; 
(b) 
Representation issue; 
(c) 
Disputes arising in the course of the conduct of collective negotiations; 
(d) 
Disputes on issues resulting from the implementation of the grievance machinery; 
(e) 
Inter-employee organization dispute; 
(f) 
Intra-employee organization dispute; 
(g) 
Employee organization election of officers; 
(h) 
Disputes on issues resulting from the implementation of the provisions of 
Collective Negotiations Agreement; and 
(i) 
Other analogous acts as may be determined by the PSLMC. 
These cases may be referred to the PSLMC by any of the parties to the dispute or the 
PSLMC may, motu propio, take cognizance of the same whenever the interest of the service so 
demands. 
When the PSLMC has already assumed jurisdiction over a particular case, no 
administrative or disciplinary action shall be instituted by the agency concerned against any 
employee involved therein until the final resolution of the case. 


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SEC. 140. 
Unfair Management and Labor Practice. 
The following shall 
constitute unfair labor practice on the part of the agency: 
(a) 
Interfering with, restraining or coercing employees in the exercise of their right to 
self-organization; 
(b) 
Requiring as a condition of employment that an employee shall not form or join 
an employee organization or shall withdraw from one to which helshe belongs; 
(c) 
Discriminating in regard to work schedules, places of assignment and other terms 
and conditions of employment in order to encourage or discourage membership in 
any employee organization; 
(d) 
Terminating the services or discriminating against any employee for having 
signed or filed an affidavit, petition or complaint or given any information or 
testimony against the head of the agency or members of top management; 
(e) 
Refusing to collectively negotiate in good faith with the accredited employee 
organization; 
(f) 
Violating any of the provisions ofthe Collective Negotiation Agreement; and 
(g) 
Other analogous acts as may be determined by the PSLMC 
The following shall constitute unfair labor practice on the part of the employee 
organization: 
(a) 
Restraining or coercing any employee to form or join an employee organization or 
its activities. 
Employee organization shall have the right to prescribe its own 
rules on the acquisition or retention of membership; 
(b) 
Causing or attempting to cause the agency head or other officers to discriminate 
against an employee who has not joined or has withdrawn membership from the 
employee organization; 
(c) 
Refusing to collectively negotiate in good faith with the management; 
(d) 
Violating any of the provisions of the Collective Negotiation Agreement; and 
(e) 
Other analogous acts as may be determined by the PSLMC. 
The heads of offices and the other officers of the agency as well as officers and members 
of an employee organization, who participate in or authorize an unfair labor practice shall be 
held administratively liable and shall be imposed a fine of not less than PlO,OOO.OO, or 
suspension not exceeding one year, or both for such participation or grant of authority without 
prejudice to civil and criminal liability. 
SEC. 141. 
Writ of Preliminary Injunction or Temporary Restraining Order. - The 
PSLMC may after notice and hearing issue a writ of preliminary injunction or temporary 
restraining order which shall not last for more than twenty (20) days from issuance thereof when, 
on the basis of the allegations in the petition, it is established that the acts complained of 
involving or arising from any employee-management dispute, if not restrained or performed 


immediately, may cause grave or irreparable injury to any party or render ineffectual any 
decision of the PSLMC in favor of such party. 
The PSLMC shall require the petitioner to post a bond and the writ of preliminary 
injunction or temporary restraining order shaII become effective only upon the approval of the 
bond which shall answer for any damage that may be suffered by the party enjoined if it is finally 
determined that the petitioner is not entitled to the ancillary relief prayed for. 
SEC. 142. 
Grounds for Contempt. 
- The PSLMC may cite a person for contempt 
on any of the following grounds: 
(a) 
Disobedience or resistance to a lawful order, decision, ruling, summons or 
subpoena or any other issuance of the PSLMC; or 
(b) 
Unlawful interference with the proceedings of the PSLMC, improper conduct 
tending directly or indirectly to impede, obstruct, delay or hamper the 
implementation of any order, decision or ruling of the PSLMC. 
The person so cited for contempt whether direct or indirect shall be punished by a fine of 
not more than Pl,OOO.OO for every act of contempt. Each day of defiance or disobedience or 
non-enforcement of any issuance of the PSLMC as mentioned shall constitute separate acts of 
contempt of the PSLMC. 
SEC. 143. 
PSLMC Decision. -
Decisions of the PSLMC are final and executory 
unless a motion for reconsideration is filed by the aggrieved party within fifteen (15) calendar 
days from receipt of the decision and only on the basis of palpable or patent errors. The PSLMC 
shall not entertain any second motion for reconsideration. 
Decisions of the PSLMC may be elevated to the Court of Appeals. 
BOOK IV. 
PERSONNEL BENEFITS AND PRIVILEGES, DAYS AND HOURS OF 
WORK AND OFFICIAL RECORDS 
SEC. 144. 
Title I - Personnel Benefits and Privileges 
Chapter 1. Health and Other Services 
Policy. - The health, welfare, safety and security of every personnel in 
the civil service system shall be the concern of government. Each department or agency shall 
make provisions out of their existing budgets for personnel health, welfare, medical, spiritual and 
cOllnseling services and leave benefits and promote and develop occupational safety, sports and 
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SEC. 145. 
Comprehensive Occupational Healtlt Program. - A comprehensive 
occupational health program including medical, dental and other health services shaH be 
established maintained, and made accessible for ali personnel in the civil service system. 
SEC. 146. 
Safety and Accident Prevention. -
Each department or agency shall 
develop and maintain a continuing occupational safety and accident prevention program for its 
officers and employees. 
SEC. 147. 
Personnel Counseling. -
Each department or agency shall provide 
personnel counseling services, including pre-retirement counseling. 
SEC. 148. 
Personnel Recreation. 
Each department or agency shall provide 
facilities for sports and recreational activities and shall encourage voluntary participation of its 
officers and employees. 
SEC. 149. 
Hazard Benefits. - Each department or agency, in accordance with the 
Department of Budget and Management (DBM) and the Commission shall provide for hazard 
benefits for their personnel who work in areas or under conditions that have been declared to be 
hazardous to health, safety and well being. 
Chapter 2. Leave Benefits 
SEC. 150. 
Entitlement to Leave Privileges. 
Appointive personnel of the 
government, whether permanent, temporary, contractual or casual as well as elective officials 
who render the required number of office hours shall be entitled to an annual fifteen (lS)-day 
vacation and fifteen (15)-day sick leave with full pay exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays, and 
public holidays. 
SEC. 151. 
Leave of Absence of Part-time Personnel. 
- Public officers and 
employees rendering service on a part-time basis are entitled to vacation and sick leave benefits 
proportionate to the number of hours they served. 
SEC. 152. 
Leave of Absence of Personnel on Rotation Basis. - Public officers and 
employees on rotation basis shall be entitled to vacation and sick leave corresponding to the 
length of service they rendered. 


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SEC. 153. 
ForcedlMandatory Vacation Leave. 
All appointive and elective 
officers and employees of the government with ten (10) days or more vacation leave credits shall 
be required to go on mandatory vacation leave whether continuous or intermittent for a minimum 
of five (5) working days annually. 
SEC. 154. 
Accumulation and Commutation of Leave. -
Vacation and sick leave 
shall be cumulative and commutative. 
Except for personnel covered by special laws, 
commutation ofleave credits shall be exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays and holidays. 
Public officers and employees whose off-days do not fall on a Saturday or a Sunday shall 
have their leaves of absence computed exclusive of their off-days. 
SEC. 155. 
Additional Non-cumulative and Non-commutative Sick Leave. - Public 
officers and employees shall be entitled to a IS-day non-cumulative and non-commutative sick 
leave annually with full pay and exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays and holidays. Provided, 
however, that this additional benefit shall only be availed of upon exhaustion ofthe regular 15-
day sick leave and IS-day vacation leave entitlement for the year. 
SEC. 156. 
Rehabilitation Privilege. - Public officers and employees holding 
permanent, temporary, casual and contractual appointments, including those with fixed terms of 
office for the duration of their employment with the agency and in accordance with this law, are 
entitled to rehabilitation privilege for up to six months for wounds and injuries resulting from 
accidents incurred while in the actual performance of duties. Such privilege shall be with full 
(pay and benefits) salaries, 13th month pay, and cash gift mandated by law, but not privileges 
based on the actual performance of duties such as representation and transportation allowances 
and shall not be charged against accumulated vacation or sick leave credits of the personnel 
concerned. Claimants of rehabilitation privilege benefits are entitled to reimbursement by hislher 
agency for first-aid expenses, preferably in government facilities, subject to the availability of 
funds, but not to exceed P5,000. Substantive and long term medical expenses for therapeutic and 
rehabilitation purposes shall be borne by the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation; the 
Employee Compensation Commission (ECC) and the Government Service Insurance System 
(GSrS) as the case may be and whenever applicable. 
For purposes of availment of rehabilitation privilege, actual performance of duty means 
situations wherein the official or employee was already at work or engaged in activities inherent 
to the performance of his/her job, including being on official business outside of hislher work 
station; official travel; authorized overtime; retail order; special assignment orders. injuries from 
accidents that occured while the employee was in transit going to or coming from work are not 
job related injuries. 


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Agency heads shall determine whether the accident was work-related, decide on the 
validity of the claims, and monitor the progress of the rehabilitation efforts. 
SEC. 157. 
Teachers' Leave. - Other than those designated for continuous duty and 
those covered by special charters, school teachers in government elementary and secondary 
schools shall be entitled to vacation pay. They shall be entitled to service credits for services 
rendered during the vacation period, including Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays, in accordance 
with the rules and regulations prescribed by the Commission. 
Teachers shall also be entitled to annual seven (7) days sick leave which shall be non-
cumulative and non-commutative. 
SEC. 158. 
Leave of Elective Officials. - All elective officials shall be entitled to 
leave credits granted to appointive officers and the cumulation and commutation of the money 
value thereof. 
SEC. 159. 
Leave Credits of Officers and Employees Covered by Special Laws. 
The leave credits of the following personnel are covered by special laws: 
(a) 
Justices of the Supreme Court, Court of Appeals, Court of Tax Appeals and 
Sandiganbayan; 
(b) 
Judges of Regional Trial Courts, Municipal Trial Courts, Metropolitan Trial 
Courts, Shari'a Circuit Court and Shari'a District Court; 
(c) 
The Chairperson and Commissioners of the Constitutional Commissions; 
(d) 
Filipino personnel in the Foreign Service; and 
(e) 
Other personnel covered by special laws. 
SEC. 160. 
Maternity Leave. - Women in the government service, of whatever civil 
and employment status and regardless of length of service shall, in addition to the vacation and 
sick leave granted them, be entitled to maternity leave of sixty (60) calendar days for normal 
delivery and seventy-eight (78) days for delivery by caesarian section with full pay, subject to 
guidelines issued by the Commission. 
SEC. 161. 
Paternity Leave. - A married man in the government service shall be 
entitled to paternity leave of seven (7) working days for the first four (4) deliveries or 
miscarriages of his legitimate spouse with whom he is cohabiting. 
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SEC. 162 . 
Adoption Leave. - Public officers and employees who legally adopt a 
child below seven (7) years of age as of the date the child is placed with them shall be entitled to 
adoption leave in the manner herein provided: 
(a) 
Married individuals shall be entitled to thirty (30) calendar days for the adoptive 
mother and seven (7) calendar days for the adoptive father. 
(c) 
Solo parents of whatever gender or civil status shall be entitled to thirty (30) 
calendar days. 
A vailment of adoption leave shall commence from the date the child is placed with the 
adoptive parents which shall not be earlier than the date of the decree of adoption. 
Adoption 
leave shall be non-commutative and non-cumulative. 
SEC. 163. 
Parental Leave for Solo Parents. - In addition to leave privileges under 
existing laws, parental leave of not more than seven (7) working days every year until the child 
reaches the age of eighteen (18) years shall be granted to officers and employees who are solo 
parents and have rendered service of at least one (1) year. 
Parental leave shall be non-commutative and non-cumulative. 
SEC. 164. 
Special Leaves. - Public officers and employees, except those covered by 
special laws, are entitled to special leaves, not exceeding an aggregate of three (3) days a year to 
attend to personal, filial and domestic responsibilities such as but not limited to the following, in 
accordance with the guidelines to be set by this Commission: 
(a) 
personal milestones stich as birthdays, wedding, wedding anniversaries and other similar milestones, including bereavement 
and death anniversaries; 
(b) 
obligations to parental, filial and other domestic emergencies and responsibilities; and 
(f) 
calamity, accident hospitalization leave pertain to force majeure events that affect 
the life, limb, and property of the employee or hislher/her immediate family. 
Special leaves shall be non-commutative and non-cumulative. 
SEC. 165. 
Study Leave and Sabbatical Leave. 
Qualified public officers and 
employees may be granted study and sabbatical leave, subject to the rules and regulations 
promulgated by the Commission. 
SEC. 166. 
Commutation and Monetization of Leave Credits. - Accumulated leave 
credits can either be commuted or monetized subject to the rules and regulations prescribed by 
the Commission. 
Each agency of the government shall provide for the commutation and monetization of 
leave credits in their budget program provided it is within their approved budget level/ceiling. 
SEC. 167. 
Effect of Reemployment on Committed Leave. 
- Public officers and 
employees whose leave credits have been commuted following their separation from the service 


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and were thereafter reemployed may refund the money equivalent of the unspent portion of the 
commuted leave credits. Otherwise, they have to start from zero balance. 
SEC. 168. 
Transfer of Leave Credits of Appointive Personnel and Elective 
Officials. - When appointive officers and employees transfer from one entity to another, they 
can have their accumulated vacation and/or sick leave credits commuted or transferred to their 
new office. 
The second option can only be exercised by the personnel concerned when there are no 
gaps in their service. However, a gap of not more than one (1) month may be allowed provided 
same is not due to the fault of the personnel concerned. 
The abovementioned options of commutation or transfer of accumulated leave credits can 
also be availed of by an elective officer assuming another elective post. However, these options 
are not applicable to the transfer of Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) uniformed personnel 
to civilian positions. 
SEC. 169. 
Prescriptive Period for Transfer of Leave Credits. 
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The option to 
transfer accumulated leave credits can be exercised within one (1) year only from the effective 
date of transfer of the appointive personnel to their new office, or to the assumption of the 
elective officers in their new post. 
SEC. 170. 
Leave Without Pay. - In no case shall leave without pay be granted in 
excess of one (1) year or if the public officer or employee concerned still has leave credits with 
pay. 
SEC. 171. 
Terminal Leave. -
Terminal leave refers to the total accumulated leave 
credits of personnel, the money value of which shall be based not necessarily on the latest salary 
rate but on the highest salary rate received at any time during the period of employment in the 
government service. 
Chapter 3. Retirement Benefits 
SEC. 172. 
Payment of Retirement Benefits on the Day of Retirement. -
All 
personnel are entitled to receive their retirement benefits provided for under existing laws on the 
day of their retirement. The last agency-employer shall ensure that all the retirement documents 
are in order six (6) months prior to the retirement of the said personnel. All concerned agencies 
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Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, officers and employees of the government who 
hold more than one regular full-time or part-time appointment and who retire from the service 
shall be entitled to not more than one (1) retirement plan. 
All public officers and employees with pending administrative disciplinary cases who 
failed to receive their retirement benefits on the day of retirement as a result thereof but were 
eventually exonerated or cleared there from shall be entitled to payment of retirement benefits 
immediately after the promulgation of the decision. 
SEC. 173. 
Rate of Interest for Delay in Payment. - Should the retiree, through no 
fault of his/her own, fail to receive the benefits on the day of retirement, the same shall earn 
interest at the prevailing legal rate. 
The retirement benefits of those who were eventually exonerated or cleared from 
administrative, disciplinary cases shall likewise earn interest at the prevailing legal rate 
computed from the date of retirement to the date of promulgation of the final decision. 
In case of forfeiture of retirement benefits as a result of administrative disciplinary case, 
the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) shall return both the employee's and 
employer's contribution to the national government with legal interest. 
SEC. 174. 
Liability for Delay. -
Agencies or their officers and employees who 
caused the delay in the retiree's receipt of retirement benefits shall upon complaint of the retiree 
or the successor in interests, be liable for the payment of the interest mentioned in the 
immediately preceding Section. This is without prejudice to the filing of administrative and 
criminal cases against the personnel responsible for the said delay. 
Complaints against delays in the release of retirement benefits shall be filed with the 
Commission within one (1) year from the date of retirement. 
The Commission shall promUlgate rules and mechanisms to enforce this provision. 
SEC. 175. 
Title II - Official Records and Work Days and Hours 
Chapter 1. Personnel Records Information System 
Policy. - An IT-based government-wide personnel records system shall 
be established, administered and maintained by the Commission. 
Each department or agency through its human resource management office, shall 
establish, manage and maintain personnel records, database and statistics of all its personnel. 
SEC. 176. 
Records Of Employment. -
The Commission shall keep and maintain 
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The Commission shall likewise maintain statistics on their employment, accession and 
separation. 
Chapter 2. Work Days and Hours 
SEC. 177. 
Observance of Work Days and Hours and Wearing of IDs. - It shall be 
the duty of each head of agency to require all its officers and employees to strictly observe the 
prescribed work days and office hours, taking into account the religious persuasion and beliefs of 
the employees, and to wear identification cards, nameplates or the like bearing clearly and 
legibly their respective names and positions when dealing directly with the public in the 
performance of their respective duties or whenever they are within the premises of the office. 
When the head of agency allows government personnel to leave the office during office hours 
and not for official business or official time, the same shall be reflected in their time records and 
charged to their vacation leave credits. 
SEC. 178. 
Forty Hour Workweek Requirement. - Personnel of all departments and 
agencies except those covered by special laws shall render not less than forty (40) hours of work 
a week, exclusive of time for lunch. As a general rule, such hours shall be from eight (8) 0' 
clock in the morning to twelve (12) o'clock noon and from one (1) o'clock to five (5) o'clock in 
the afternoon, all days except Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays. However, in the interest of the 
service, heads of agencies, particularly those with frontline services, shall adopt measures to 
ensure that continuous service is available even during the 12:00 noon to I :00 p.m. period. 
In the exigency of the service, or when necessary by the nature of the work of a particular 
agency and taking into account the religious persuasions and beliefs of its employees, the 
rescheduling or shifting of work schedule of a particular agency for a number of working days 
less than the required five (5) days may be allowed by the head of agency provided that 
government personnel render a total of forty (40) hours a week and provided further that the 
public is assured of continuous delivery of service from eight (8) in the morning to five (5) in the 
afternoon for the duration of the entire workweek. 
SEC. 179. 
Non-regular Working Hours. - A work schedule that deviates from that 
which is provided in Section 173 hereof or that which extends well into the night may also be 
allowed upon the discretion of the head of office, the need of the service, or the health and 
welfare of the personnel concerned; Provided, that the forty (40) hours workweek exclusive of 
meal time, will not be reduced. 
SEC. 180. 
Daily Record of Attendance. - Each head of department or agency shall 
require a daily record of attendance of all its officers and employees including those serving in 


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the field or on board a vessel, to be kept on the proper form and, whenever possible, registered 
on the bundy clock or any mechanical, electrical, or electronic device. 
Service "in the field" or "on board a vessel" shall refer to service rendered outside the 
office which is the usual place of work. 
SEC. 181. 
Recording of Attendance by Senior Officers and Elective Officials. -
Agency heads, third level positions shall record times of arrival at and times of departure from 
official work stations. Absences from office shall likewise be properly recorded in the agency. 
SEC. 182. 
Persons in the Teaching Service. - All persons in the teaching service, 
primary and secondary levels, shall be covered by the forty (40) hours work-week requirement 
provided that they render not more than six (6) hours of actual classroom teaching every school 
day. 
SEC. 183. 
Compensation for Authorized Work Beyond Forty Hours. 
- When the 
interest of public service so requires, the daily hours of work for personnel may be extended by 
the head of the agency concerned, which extension shall be fixed in accordance with the nature 
of the work. 
Provided, that work in excess of forty (40) hours a week must be properly 
compensated by payment of overtime whenever funds are available for the purpose or through 
the grant of compensatory time or day/s-off or through the accumulation of leave credits. 
SEC. 184. 
Performance of Duties in Excess of Forty Hours of Those in Special 
Occupational Groups. -
When the nature of duties to be performed or the interest of the public 
service so requires, the head of department or agency may require any or all of its officers and 
employees to work in excess of the forty (40) hours, on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays, 
with either additional compensation or compensatory time/days-off; or the accumulation of leave 
credits. 
SEC. 185. 
Flexible Working Hours. -
Flexible working hours shall be enforced 
subject to the discretion of the head of agency. 
In no case shall the weekly working hours be 
reduced in the event the agency adopts the flexi-time schedule. In the adoption of flexi-time, 
core working hours shall be prescribed taking into consideration the needs of the service. 
SEC. 186. 
Compensatory Time or Day/s Off. -
Grant of compensatory time or 
day/s off shall be allowed for overtime services rendered subject to the rules to be promulgated 
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SEC. 187. 
Flexi-place. -
Public officers and employees may be allowed to work 
away from their official work stations subject to the discretion of the head of agency and the 
nature of the functions of their positions. The Commission shall issue the rules and regulations 
to govern the adoption of flexi-work place. In no case shall the adoption thereof affect the 
availability and accessibility of government services. 
SEC. 188. 
Liabilities. - Falsification or irregularities in the keeping of time records 
will render the personnel concerned administratively liable without prejudice to criminal 
prosecution as the circumstances warrant. 
BOOK V. 
DISCIPLINE 
Title I - Administrative Discipline 
Chapter 1. General Provisions 
SEC. 189. 
Disciplinary Action. - No public officer or employee in the civil service 
system shall be disciplined, suspended or removed from office except for cause as provided for 
by law and after due process. 
The following shall be grounds for disciplinary action: 
(a) 
Dishonesty; 
(b) 
Neglect of duty; 
( c) 
Misconduct; 
(d) 
Final conviction of a crime involving moral turpitude; 
(e) 
Falsification of official documents; 
(f) 
Sexual Harassment; 
(g) 
Engaging directly or indirectly in partisan political activities by one holding a 
non-political office; 
(h) 
Receiving for personal use of a fee, gift or other valuable thing in the course of 
official duties or in connection therewith when such fee, gift or other valuable 
thing is given by any person in the hope or expectation of receiving a favor or 
better treatment than that accorded to other persons or for committing acts 
punishable under the anti-graft laws; 
(i) 
Contracting loans from persons with whom the office of the employee has 
business relations; 
(j) 
Nepotism; 
(k) 
Oppression; 
(I) 
Disgraceful or immoral conduct; 
(m) 
Inefficiency and incompetence in the performance of official duties; 
(n) 
Unauthorized absences; 


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Tardiness; 
Loafing; 
Refusal to perform official duty or unjust refusal to render overtime service; 
Insubordination; 
Conduct prejudicial to the best interests of the service; 
Discourtesy in the course of official duties; 
Drunkenness; 
Violation of reasonable office rules and regulations; 
Gambling prohibited by law; 
Pursuit of private business, vocation or profession in violation of civil service law, 
rules and regulations; 
Promoting ticket sales which are not intended for charitable or public welfare 
purposes; 
Improper or unauthorized solicitation of contributions; 
Unauthorized use of government resources and properties; 
Unfair labor practice; 
Unjustifiable delays in the payment of employee benefits; 
Directly or indirectly having financial and material interest in any transaction 
requiring the approval of their office. Financial and material interest is defined as 
a pecuniary interest by which a person will gain or lose something; 
(ee) 
Owning, controlling, managing or accepting employment as officer, employee, 
consultant, counsel, broker, agent, trustee, or nominee in any private enterprise 
regulated, supervised or licensed by his/her office, unless expressly allowed by 
law; 
(ff) 
Engaging III the private practice of profession unless authorized by the 
Constitution, law or regulation, provided that such practice will not conflict or 
tend to conflict with hislher official functions; 
(gg) 
Recommending any person to any position in a private enterprise which has a 
regular or pending official transaction with hislher office, unless such 
recommendation or referral is mandated by (I) law, or (2) international 
agreements, commitment and obligation, or as part of the functions of hislher 
office; 
(hh) 
Disclosing or misusing confidential or classified information officially known to 
him/her by reason of his/her office and not made available to the public, to further 
his/her private interests or give undue advantage to anyone or to prejudice the 
public interest; 
(ii) 
Soliciting or accepting, directly or indirectly, any gift, gratuity, favor, 
entertainment, loan or anything of monetary value which in the course of hislher 


official duties or in connection with any operation being regulated by, or any 
transaction which may be affected by the functions of his/her office. 
The 
propriety or impropriety of the foregoing shall be determined by its value, kinship 
or relationship between giver and receiver and the motivation. 
A thing of 
monetary value is one which is evidently or manifestly excessive by its very 
nature; 
(jj) 
Obtaining or using any statement filed under R.A. 6713 for any purpose contrary 
to morals or public policy or any commercial purpose other than by news and 
communications media for dissemination to the general public; 
(kk) 
Unfair discrimination in rendering public service due to party affiliation or 
preference; 
(11) 
Disloyalty to the Republic of the Philippines and to the Filipino people; 
(mm) Failure to act promptly on letters and requests within fifteen (15) days from 
receipt, except as otherwise provided in R.A. 6713 and in its Implementing Rules; 
(nn) 
Failure to process documents and complete action on documents and papers 
within a reasonable time from preparation thereof; 
(00) 
Failure to attend to anyone who wants to avail himselflherself of the services of 
the office or to act promptly and expeditiously on public personal transactions; 
(pp) 
Failure to file sworn statements of assets, liabilities and net worth, and disclosure 
of business interests and financial connections; and 
(qq) 
Failure to resign from hislher position in the private business enterprise within 
thirty (30) days from assumption of public office when conflict of interest arises, 
and/or failure to divest himself/herself of hislher shareholdings or interests in 
private business enterprise within sixty (60) days from such assumption of public 
office when conflict of interest arises: Provided, however, that for those who are 
already in the service and a conflict of interest arises, the official or employee 
must either resign or divest himselflherself of said interests within the periods 
herein-above provided, reckoned from the date when the conflict of interest had 
ansen; 
(rr) 
Engaging III or supporting acts of insurrection, rebellion, sedition, and other 
crimes against public order as defined in Title Three, Book Two of the Revised 
Penal Code and commission of crimes against national security and the law of 
nations as defined in Title One, Book Two, Chapters One, Two, and Three of the 
Revised Penal Code; and 
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Chapter 2. Disciplinary Jurisdiction 
SEC. 190. 
Original Jurisdiction. - The heads of departments, agencies, bureaus and 
instrumentalities of the national government, constitutional offices, the proper disciplining 
authority of state universities and colleges, government - owned and controlled corporations 
with original charters or created under special laws, and local government units shall have 
original jurisdiction to investigate and decide disciplinary cases against their subordinate public 
officers and employees. 
They shall also retain original jurisdiction over public officers and employees who are 
already separated from the service but who, while still in the service committed an offense. 
Sec. 191. 
Original Jurisdiction of Bureau or Department-wide, Regional Office 
Head. - The heads of bureaus or department- wide regional offices shall have jurisdiction over 
offenses committed by their subordinate public officers and employees. 
Sec. 192. 
Original Jurisdiction of the Commission. - The Commission shall have 
exclusive administrative disciplinary jurisdiction over its public officers and employees. It shall 
have concurrent original disciplinary jurisdiction over public officers and employees of the 
departments, agencies, bureaus, state universities and colleges, government-owed and controlled 
corporations with original charters or created under special laws, and local government units. 
In disciplinary cases where agencies have original and concurrent jurisdiction, the agency 
which first take cognizance of the case shall exclude the others. 
The Commission may, motu propio, initiate the investigation and filing of administrative 
charges against public officers and employees who violate the provisions of this Code and other 
pertinent civil service laws, rules and regulations. For this purpose, the Commission shall 
conduct fact-finding investigation and require through the issuance of subpoena duces tecum 
and similar processes the production of records necessary to resolve the case. 
Any person who impersonates another in civil service examinations, possesses or uses a 
codigo or crib sheet, swaps assigned examinee numbers, is in collusion with examination 
personnel in any examination related anomaly, tampers with the examination records, possesses 
and uses fake certificate of eligibility, submit fakes eligibilities and tampers with the results, sells 
civil service application or examination forms, misrepresents material facts, makes false 
statements or forgeries or commit any other fraudulent acts which adversely affect the integrity 
of civil service examinations, but who at the time of the commission of any of the 
aforementioned acts is not employed in the government, shall likewise be under exclusive 
original jurisdiction of the Commission. Such person, or the manager, corporate secretary, 
treasurer or finance officer, and other key officers of the review center found to have committed 
examination irregularities, may be liable for the administrative offenses of Dishonesty, Grave 


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Misconduct and Conduct prejudicial to the Best Interest ofthe Service. He/She shall be imposed 
the penalty of dismissal from the service, which shall be deemed served. The accessory penalties 
of perpetual disqualification from holding public office and bar from taking future civil service 
examinations, and cancellation of civil service eligibility shall be imposed, without prejudice to 
criminal prosecution. 
Chapter 3. Procedure in Disciplinary Cases 
SEC. 193. 
Commencement of Administrative Proceedings and Answer. -
(a) 
Administrative proceedings may be commenced motu propio against a 
subordinate public officer or employee by the proper disciplining authority or 
head of department or agency or upon a sworn written complaint of any other 
person. The complaint shall be accompanied by sworn statements covering the 
charges and those of the witnesses together with documentary evidence, if any. 
(b) 
On the basis of the sworn written complaint and supporting papers filed by any 
other person, the disciplining authority shall require the person complained of to 
explain why no administrative case should be filed. If the disciplining authority 
does not find a prima facie case, the complaint shall be dismissed; otherwise, a 
formal charge shall be issued in accordance with the provisions of this Code. 
The respondent shall be furnished with copies of the complaint, sworn statements 
and other documents submitted. 
(c) 
In administrative proceedings initiated by the disciplining authority or head of a 
department or agency, the formal charge shall be issued only after the disciplining 
authority finds a prima facie case in accordance with the provisions of this Code 
or when the disciplining authority has personally observed or has direct personal 
knowledge or actually caught the offender in the act of committing the 
administrative offense. 
SEC. 194. 
Issuance of a Formal Charge. 
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The formal charge shall state the 
specifications of the offense and shall require the respondent to submit an answer in writing and 
under oath together with supporting sworn statements covering his/her defense and those of 
witnesses together with the documentary evidence, if any. The respondent shall be allowed at 
least seventy-two (72) hours but not more than five (5) days from receipt of the formal charge to 
submit an answer and the affidavits of the witnesses, if any, and shall be informed of his/her 
right to counsel and to indicate whether or not he/she elects a formal investigation. In cases 
when the respondent submits a request for clarification, a bill of particulars or a motion to 
dismiss which are obviously designed to delay the administrative proceedings, the same shall be 
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SEC. 195. 
Formal Investigation. -
(a) 
If the respondent has elected a formal investigation, the disciplining authority or 
the duly authorized representative shall conduct the formal investigation with a 
notice issued within five (5) days from receipt of the answer. 
(b) 
Complainant and respondent may avail themselves of the services of counsel and 
may require the attendance of witnesses by subpoena ad testificandum and the 
production of documentary evidence tluough the compulsory process of subpoena 
duces tecum. 
(c) 
Even if the respondent does not request a formal investigation, such investigation 
shall be conducted when, on the basis of the allegations in the complaint and the 
answer of the respondent, including supporting documents, the merits of the case 
cannot be decided judiciously without conducting such investigation. 
(d) 
The formal investigation shall be commenced not earlier than five (5) days nor 
later than ten (10) days from receipt of the respondent's answer. The investigation 
shall be conducted to ascertain the truth without strictly adhering to technical 
rules applicable to judicial proceedings. Hearings shall be continuously held and 
the investigation terminated, if possible, within ten (l0) days from its 
commencement, especially for grave offenses, unless the period is extended by 
the disciplining authority in meritorious cases. 
(d) 
The direct evidence for the complainant and the respondent shall consist of the 
sworn statements and documents submitted in support of the complaint or answer, 
as the case may be, without prejudice to the presentation of additional evidence 
deemed necessary but was unavailable at the time of the filing of the complaint or 
answer, upon which cross-examination by the respondent and the complainant, 
respectively, shall be based. 
SEC. 196. 
Report of Investigation and Records of Case. - The hearing officer shall 
submit to the disciplining authority the report of investigation within ten (10) days from the 
termination of the investigation. The report shall contain the findings and recommendations 
together with the complete record of the case which shall be properly and securely bound, all 
pages numbered consecutively, and with a table of contents. 
SEC. 197. 
Decision. 
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The proper disciplining authority shall render a decision 
within the period and in the form and content as provided for in this Code. 
SEC. 198. 
Preventive Suspension. - Notwithstanding any provision of law to the 
contrary, the proper disciplining authority may preventively suspend a respondent formally 
charged with dishonesty, oppression, grave misconduct, gross neglect in the performance of 


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duty, if there are reasons to believe that respondent is guilty of the charges which would warrant 
removal from office and that there is a great probability that the continuance in office of the 
respondent could influence the witnesses or pose a threat to the safety and integrity of the records 
and other evidence. In no case shall preventive suspension exceed ninety (90) days or last for the 
duration ofthe investigation, whichever is shorter. 
SEC. 199. 
Lifting of Preventive Suspension Pending Administrative Investigation. 
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When the administrative case against the respondent under preventive suspension is not 
decided by the disciplining authority within the period of ninety (90) days after the date of 
suspension, the respondent shall be automatically reinstated in the service; Provided, that when 
the delay in the disposition of the case is due to the fault, negligence or petition of the 
respondent, the period of delay shall not be included in computing the period of suspension 
herein provided. 
Chapter 4. Decision 
SEC. 200. 
When to Render Decision. - The proper disciplining authority exercising 
original jurisdiction and those exercising appellate jurisdiction shall render their decisions within 
sixty (60) days from the date of the submission of the case for decision. 
SEC. 201. 
Form and Content of Decision. - The decision, properly designated as 
such and under the signature of the proper disciplining authority, shall contain the charge, the 
name of the respondent, the position and office of the respondent, a brief statement of the 
material and relevant facts, findings, offense committed and the penalty imposed. 
SEC. 202. 
Service of Decision. -
(a) 
A copy of the decision shall be served on the complainant and the respondent 
through their respective counsel, if any, within five (5) days from its 
promulgation. 
(b) 
Disciplining authorities shall furnish their superiors with a copy of the decision 
within five (5) days from the date of its promulgation. 
SEC. 203. 
Finality of Decision. -
(a) 
Without prejudice to the power of review by the Commission, and its powers to 
decide cases on appeal as provided for in this Code, the decisions of the heads of 
departments, agencies, and instrumentalities of the National Government and the 
disciplining authority of state universities and colleges, government-owned and -
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government units shall be final and executory, if the penalty imposed is 
suspension of not more than thirty (30) working days or a fine of not more than 
thirty (30) working days' pay. 
(b) 
Without prejudice to the power of review by the Commission and its powers to 
decide cases on appeal provided for in this Code, the decision of the head of the 
bureau or department-wide regional office shall be final and executory, if the 
penalty imposed is suspension of not more than thirty (30) working days or a fine 
of not more than thirty (30) working days' pay. 
(c) 
The decision in a disciplinary case becomes final upon expiration of the period 
within which to file a motion for reconsideration and no such motion is filed. 
SEC. 204. 
Execution of Decision. -
(a) 
The decisions of heads of agencies and other disciplining authorities shall be 
immediately executory upon receipt of a copy thereof by the parties concerned, 
even pending appeal. 
(b) 
Decisions of the disciplining authority in disciplinary cases shall be immediately 
executory unless a motion for reconsideration is seasonably filed, in which case 
the execution of the decisions shall be held in abeyance pending resolution of the 
motion. 
(c) 
The filing and pendency of a petition for certiorari with the Supreme Court shall 
not stop the immediate execution of the decision of the Commission, unless the 
Court issues a restraining order or a writ of preliminary injunction. For this 
purpose, no other Courts can issue a temporary restraining order or a writ of 
preliminary injunction against the Commission. 
Chapter 5. Administrative Penalties 
SEC. 205. 
Penalties That May Be Imposed. - Heads of departments and agencies 
and other disciplining authorities may impose the penalty of reprimand or censure, fine in an 
amount not exceeding six (6) months' salary, suspension without pay for not more than one (\) 
year, demotion in rank or pay, or dismissal from the service. 
SEC. 206. 
Imposition of Penalties. -
(a) 
In meting out punishment, the same penalties shall be imposed for similar 
offenses and only one (l) penalty shall be imposed in each casco In the imposition 
of these penalties, the disciplining authority shall take into consideration the 
circumstances which may either exonerate the respondent from any liability, 
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(b) 
In the imposition of the proper penalties, the administrative offenses or causes for 
disciplinary action mentioned in this Code shall be categorized into light, less 
grave, and grave. 
(d) 
The Commission shall promulgate rules and regulations on the classification of 
administrative offenses into light, less grave and grave and shall prescribe the 
corresponding principal and accessory penalties such as cancellation of eligibility, 
forfeiture of retirement benefits, disqualification from employment, reinstatement, 
reemployment, or promotion, and bar from taking civil service examinations. 
SEC. 207. 
Effect of Administrative Penalties. - The penalty of dismissal shall result 
III the separation of the respondent from the service. 
Dismissal shall carry with it the 
cancellation of civil service eligibilities, forfeiture of retirement benefits, and disqualification 
from employment in the government whether appointive or elective and disqualification to run 
for any public office even if the case is pending on appeal. However, in case of forfeiture of 
retirement benefits, the GSIS shall return both the employee's and employer's contribution to the 
national government. 
Although decisions imposing the penalty of dismissal are immediately executory, no 
permanent appointment pending appeal shall be issued to replace the dismissed employee. In the 
interest of the service, however, designation may be resorted to until the case is resolved with 
finality. 
The penalties of demotion, suspension and fine shall disqualify the respondent from 
receiving eeliain benefits or from promotion for a period based on the gravity of the penalty 
imposed in accordance with the rules prescribed by the Commission. 
SEC. 208. 
Effect of Death on Pending Cases. - Pending disciplinary cases shall be 
deemed terminated upon the death of the respondent except when expressly requested by the 
heirs of the respondent. 
SEC. 209. 
Effect of Exoneration and Other Penalties. -
Upon exoneration, the 
respondent shall be restored to his/her former position without loss of seniority and other rights 
or to a comparable or equivalent position in case of reorganization. He/She shall also be entitled 
to payment of back salaries and other benefits for a period not exceeding five (5) years including 
the period of preventive suspension, if any. 
Chapter 6. Administrative Remedies 
SEC. 210. 
Appeal. -
Who May Appeal. Only the party adversely affected by the decision, may file an appeal. 
However, when there are very strong reasons, as determined by the Commission, to believe that 
the complainant is a victim of injustice, he/she may also be allowed to appeal to the Commission. 


Requirements for Appeal. -
(a) 
Unless a motion for reconsideration is seasonably filed, the appeal shall be filed 
with the proper authority within fifteen (15) days from receipt of the decision, 
together with a notice of appeal to the disciplining authority who rendered the 
decision. 
(b) 
The appeal shall state the appellant's date of receipt of the decision and the date of 
the resolution on the motion for reconsideration, if any, together with the grounds 
for appeal and the arguments in support thereof. 
SEC. 211. 
Where To Appeal. - The appellant may appeal to the following: 
(a) 
In case of decisions rendered by heads of departments, agencies, state universities 
and colleges, provinces, cities and municipalities and instrumentalities of the 
national government and the disciplining authority of government-owned or -
controlled corporations with original charters, where the penalty imposed is 
suspension of more than thirty (30) working days or a fine equivalent to more 
than thirty (30) working days' salary, the appeal shall be brought before the 
Commission; and 
(b) 
In case of decisions of the head of bureaus or department-wide regional offices, 
the appeal shall initially be made to the department secretary and then to the 
Commission if the penalty imposed is suspension of more than thirty (30) 
working days or fine equivalent to more than thirty (30) working days' salary. 
SEC. 212. 
Motionfor Reconsideration. - A motion for reconsideration may be filed 
during the period for filing an appeal on the following grounds: 
(a) 
Newly discovered evidence which could materially affect the decision rendered; 
(b) 
The decision is not supported by the evidence on record; or 
(c) 
Errors of law or irregularities have been committed prejudicial to the interest of 
either party. 
Only one (I) motion for reconsideration shall be entertained. 
A motion for reconsideration shall suspend the running of the period for appeal. The 
motion for reconsideration shall be resolved within thirty (30) days from receipt thereof. 
SEC. 213. 
Remaml of Cases Dlle to Lack of Dlle Process. - If the case on appeal 
with the Commission is remanded to the proper disciplining authority for further investigation 
due to lack of due process, the said disciplining authority shall finish the investigation within 
three (3) calendar months from the date of receipt of the records from the Commission, unless 
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extension is granted by the Commission in meritorious cases. The period of delay shall not be 
included in the computation of the prescribed period. 
Within fifteen (15) days from the termination of the investigation, the disciplining 
authority shall render its decision. If at the end of said period, the disciplining authority fails to 
decide the case, the Commission shall vacate and set aside the appealed decision and declare the 
respondent exonerated of the charge. If the respondent is under preventive suspension, he/she 
shall be immediately reinstated and shall be entitled to back salaries and other benefits. 
SEC. 214. 
Petition for Review. 
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Pursuant to this Code, the Commission may 
review decisions rendered by its regional offices and other disciplining authorities dismissing a 
complaint for lack of a prima facie case, subject to rules and regulations the Commission may 
prescribe. 
SEC. 215. 
Removal of Administrative Penalties or Disabilities. - Upon 
recommendation of the Commission, the President may commute or remove administrative 
penalties or disabilities imposed upon public officers or employees in disciplinary cases, subject 
to such terms and conditions as he/she may impose in the interest of the service. 
Title II - Prohibitions 
Chapter 1. Limitation on Appointments 
SEC. 216. 
Appointment of Elective Officers. 
Except as provided for in the 
Constitution, no elective officer shall be eligible for appointment or designation in any capacity 
to any public office or position during his/her tenure. 
SEC. 217. 
Candidate Who Lost in an Election. - No candidate who lost in any 
election shall, within one (1) year after such election, be appointed in any capacity to any office 
in the government or any state university and college, government-owned and -controlled 
corporations with original charters or created under special laws, local government units. 
Neither can they be hired within the same period as consultants or under contracts of services/job 
orders in said entities. 
SEC. 218. 
Resignation Before Election. - A person who resigned from the service 
within three (3) months before any election and engaged in any political activity shall not be 
eligible for reemployment in the government during the six (6) -month periods following such 
election. 


SEC. 219. 
Prohibition Against Holding Another Office or Employment. - Unless 
otherwise allowed by law or by the primary functions of the position, no appointive officer shall 
hold any other office or employment in the government or any subdivision, agency or 
instrumentality thereof, state universities and colleges, government-owned and -controlled 
corporations with original charters or created under special laws, and local government units. 
SEC. 220. 
Prohibition During Election Period. 
No appointment, whether 
original, transfer, reemployment, reappointment, renewal, promotion and demotion, regardless of 
status, except in the case of reinstatement, shall be issued forty-five (45) days before any national 
or local election except barangay and sangguniang kabataan elections to last until the assumption 
of the newly-elected or reelected appointing officer. No consultancy, job order or contract of 
service shall also be entered into during the said period. However, in the exigency of the service 
and subject to the authority by the Commission, the appointing authority may issue appointments 
after the election and until the assumption of the newly elected or reelected appointing officer 
provided the following concur: 
(a) 
A vacancy occurred during the prohibited period; 
(b) 
There is need to fill up the vacancy immediately in order not to prejudice public 
service and/or endanger public safety; 
( c) 
The appointee is qualified; 
(d) 
The appointment has gone through the usual requirements like publication, 
regular screening by the Personnel Selection Board and concurrence by the 
Sanggunian, as the case may be. 
All appointments issued before the prohibited period shall take effect immediately, 
notwithstanding any provisions in the appointment to the contrary and the appointee shall 
assume the position within thirty (30) days from issuance thereof. Failure of the appointee to 
assume the position within said period shall make the appointment ineffective. 
SEC. 221. 
Prohibition Against Appointments by an 
Outgoing Appointing 
Authority. -
No appointment in national or local agencies, state universities and colleges, 
government-owned and -controlled corporations with original charters or created under special 
laws shall be made by any outgoing appointing authority within three (3) months before the end 
of hislher term of office or retirement. This prohibition shall also apply to outgoing appointing 
authorities who have previously manifested their intention to resign from office. In which case, 
the prohibition shall commence from the date of formal manifestation to resign but shall not be 
more than three (3) months from the effective date of resignation. 
However, in the exigency of the service, interim appointments may be issued which 
shall not exceed three (3) months from the time the appointing authority ceases to hold 
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This prohibition shall embrace all kinds of appointments whether original, transfer, 
reemployment, reappointment, renewal, casual, contractual promotion, or demotion, regardless 
of status. 
SEC. 222. 
Prohibition Against Appointment Of A Person Who Is a Permanent 
Resident Or Immigrant Of A Foreign Country Or A Green Card Holder. - No appointment in 
national agencies, state universities and colleges, government-owned or controlled corporation, 
and local government units shall be issued to a person who is a permanent resident or immigrant 
of a foreign country, unless it is shown by clear evidence that he/she has made an irrevocable 
waiver of his/her status as a permanent resident or immigrant of a foreign country before such 
appointment. 
No appointment shall likewise be issued to a green card holder unless it is shown by clear 
evidence that he/she has made an irrevocable waiver of that status or that he/she has surrendered 
his/her green card to the appropriate U.S. authorities. 
SEC. 223. 
Prohibition Against Supervision by Non-career personnel. - Subject to 
the rules to be promulgated by the Commission, no consultant, contractual or non-career 
personnel shall be designated to any position exercising control and supervision over regular and 
career persomlel in the government. 
SEC. 224. 
Prohibition Against Contrltcting of Regular functions. -
A person 
issued a contract of service shall not discharge duties pertaining to a career or non-career service 
position or/and neither shall an institution perform any of the regular function of the contracting 
agency. Provided, however, that the agency may enter into a contract of service to undertake 
non-regular functions or support services for the government for a specific period where no 
employer-employee relationship exists between the individual or the institution and the 
government subject to the rules and regulations promulgated by the Commission. 
SEC. 225. 
Ecclesiastic. - No priest, preacher, minister, or other religious teacher, or 
dignitary as such, shall be employed in the civil service system except when such priest, 
preacher, minister, or dignitary is assigned to the Armed Forces of the Philippines, the Philippine 
National Police or to any penal or correctional institution, or any government orphanage or 
leprosarium. 
SEC. 226. 
Nepotism. - The act of issuing an appointment in the national, or in any 
branch or instrumentality thereof, or in state universities and colleges, government-owned and -
controlled corporations with original charters or created under special laws, local government 
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the appointing or recommending authority, the chief of bureau or office, or of the person 
exercising immediate supervision over him/her, is hereby prohibited. 
The following positions are exempt from the operation of the law and rules on nepotism: 
(a) 
Primarily confidential; 
(b) 
Highly technical; 
( c) 
Policy-determining; 
(d) 
Physician; and 
(e) 
Teacher and professorial staff. 
The term 'teacher' shall refer only to those actually performing classroom instruction in 
both public elementary and secondary schools. 'Professorial staff shall denote members of the 
faculty including instructors of state universities or colleges primarily engaged in academic 
activities such as teaching in the tertiary level, research and curriculum development, among 
others. The designation of professorial staff to non-professorial/non-academic positions shall not 
be covered by this exemption. 
The restrictions mentioned in this Section shall not be applicable to a member of any 
family, who, after appointment to any position in an office or bureau, contracts marriage with 
another employee in the same office or bureau, or those who were affected by reorganization in 
which event the employment or retention therein of both husband and wife may be allowed. 
The prohibition shall not also apply in case of promotion if the person to be promoted 
occupies a career and next-in-rank position, or to those devolved to local government units or 
who were affected by reorganization or to any member of a personnel selection board. 
Chapter 2. Other Prohibitions 
SEC. 227. 
Political Activity. - No public officer or employee in the civil service 
system holding a non-political position shall engage in any electioneering or partisan political 
campaign or take part in any election except to vote, nor shall use official authority or influence 
to coerce the political activity of any person or body. 
Nothing herein provided shall be 
understood to prevent any public officer or employee from expressing views on current political 
problems or issues, or from mentioning the names of candidates for public office whom he/she 
supports; Provided, that public officers and employees holding political offices may take part in 
political and electoral activities but it shall be unlawful for them to solicit contributions from, or 
subject their subordinates to commit any of the prohibited acts under the Election Code. 
In this regard, membership in any political party shall be considered as engaging in 
partisan political activity. 
SEC. 228. 
Appointment of Militmy Personnel in the Civil Service System. - It shall 
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capacity to any civilian position in the government, state universities and colleges, government-
owned and -controlled corporations with original charters or created under special laws, local 
government units. 
SEC. 229. 
Additional or Double Compensation. - No elective or appointive public 
officer or employee shall receive additional, double, or indirect compensation, unless specifically 
authorized by law, nor accept any present, emolument, office, or title of any kind from any 
foreign government unless allowed by law. 
Pensions, gratuities or honoraria shall not be considered as additional, double or indirect 
compensation. 
SEC. 230. 
Detail or Reassignment. -
Except when the exigencies of the service 
require, no public officer or employee of the government shall be detailed or reassigned three (3) 
months before any local or national election. 
SEC. 231. 
Courtesy Resignation. -
It shall be unlawful for any public officer, 
elective or appointive, to require public officers and employees within his/her jurisdiction to 
submit courtesy resignations for whatever reason or purpose. 
SEC. 232. 
Appointment andlor Transfer of Officers and Employees of Oversight 
Agencies. Unless allowed by the Commission in meritorious cases, heads of oversight agencies 
and their staff are prohibited from transferring or being appointed to any position in the 
department/agency/office/local government unit which his/her unit is assigned or designated to 
oversee within one (1) year after termination of such assignment or designation. 
SEC. 233. 
BOOK VI. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS 
Title I - Termination of Employment 
Chapter 1. Modes of Termination 
Modes of Termination OF Employment. - The following are modes of 
terminating employment in the government; 
(a) 
Resignation - A public officer or employee shall be considered separated from the 
service effective on the date of acceptance of the resignation by the officer 
authorized to do so or thirty (30) days from the submission thereof. 
(b) 
Candidacy - An appointive public officer or employee shall be ipso facto 
separated from the service on the date of filing of the certificate of candidacy for 
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Death - Upon proof of death, the public officer or employee shall automatically 
be recorded as separated from the service. 
(d) 
Permanent Disability - In case of permanent disability which shall render the 
public officer or employee incapable of performing the official duties, the 
department or agency head may terminate such public officer or employee. 
(e) 
Expiration of Period of Employment - The services of a public officer or 
employee appointed for a fixed period, or for a specific project or whose 
appointment are coterminous with the appointing officer shall be terminated upon 
the expiration of the period of employment, completion of the project, or at the 
end of the term of the appointing officer, unless otherwise earlier validly 
separated. 
(f) 
Dropped from the Service - A public officer or employee who goes on leave 
without proper authority or fails to return to duty after the expiration of the 
authorized leave, without valid reasons, and for other grounds under existing 
rules, shall be dropped from the service in accordance with the regulations 
promulgated by the Commission. 
(g) 
Conviction - The services of the public officer and employee shall be considered 
terminated upon conviction by final judgment of a crime where the penalty carries 
with it the accessory penalty of perpetual or temporary absolute or special 
disqualification to hold public office. 
(h) 
Retirement - Any public officer or employee who reaches the compulsory 
retirement age and meets the service requirement shall be retired under the 
provisions of the Retirement Law, unless his/her services are extended by the 
Commission in accordance with its rules and regulations. Optional retirement 
pursuant to law likewise terminates official relations. 
(i) 
Expiration of Temporary Appointment - The services of a public officer or 
employee with temporary appointment shall automatically be terminated upon the 
expiration of the appointment. 
G) 
Disapproval of Appointment - The services of a public officer or employee are 
considered terminated upon the final disapproval of the appointment by the 
Commission. 
SEC. 234. 
Reduction in Force. - The head of a department or agency may reduce 
its staff due to lack of work or funds or due to a change in the scope or nature of an agency's 
program, or as a result of reorganization, subject to the rules and regulations which the 
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SEC. 235. 
Title II .. Sanctions and Liabilities 
Chapter 1. Liabilities 
Liability of Appointing Authority. - No person employed in the civil 
service system in willful violation of this Code shall be entitled to receive pay from the 
government. The appointing authority responsible for such unlawful employment shall be 
personally liable for the pay that would have accrued had the employment been lawful. 
Likewise, the Commission officials or employees who caused the approval of such unlawful 
employment and was proven to have connived or conspired with the appointing authority shall 
be personally liable for the pay that would have accrued thereof had the employment been 
lawful. 
The disbursing public officers shall make payment to the employees of such amount from 
the salary of the public officers or employees so liable. 
SEC. 236. 
Liability of Disbursing Public officers. - Except as may otherwise be 
provided by law, it shall be unlawful for a treasurer or other fiscal public officer or employee to 
deduct any amount for contributions or payment of obligations other than those due to the 
government or its instrumentalities. 
SEC. 237. 
Criminal Liability. - Whoever makes any appointment or employs any 
person in willful violation of any provision of this Code or the rules and regulations issued 
thereunder; or whoever commits fraud, deceit or intentional misrepresentation of material facts 
concerning any civil service matter; or whoever violates, refuses or neglects to comply with any 
final decision or order of the Commission, shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine not 
exceeding Ten Thousand Pesos (PI 0,000.00) or by imprisonment of not less than three (3) years 
nor more than five (5) years or both at the discretion of the court. 
The same penalty of fine or imprisonment or both as provided above and permanent 
disqualification from holding public office shall be imposed upon any appointing authority who 
willfully violates any of the provisions of this Code including failure to abide by the rules 
promulgated by the Commission or to implement a Commission reappointment order. 
SEC. 238. 
Title III - Fees and Authority to Administer Oaths 
Chapter 1. Collection of Fees 
Authority to Collect Fees. - The Commission may collect and charge 
fees for civil service examinations, certification of civil service ratings, service records, appeals 
in disciplinary and non-disciplinary cases, training courses, seminars and workshops in personnel 
management, and for services rendered on other civil service matters. For this purpose, the 
Commission shall prescribe standard and reasonable rates for such examination certifications 
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training courses, seminars and workshops and other activities or services, the fees for which are 
not provided by law or regulation. No fees shall be collected in examinations given for the 
selection of scholars. 
Chapter 2. Authority of Public Officers to Administer Oaths, 
Take Testimony, and Prosecute Cases in Court 
SEC. 239. 
Who May Administer Oaths. -
The Chairperson and Members of the 
Commission, public officers occupying third level positions and other public officers and 
employees of the Commission and other departments or agencies designated in writing by the 
Chairperson, may administer oaths as may be necessary in a transaction of an official business 
and take a testimony in connection with any authorized investigation. 
Title IV - Fiscal Autonomy and Use of Appropriations and Income 
Chapter 1. 
Fiscal Autonomy 
SEC. 240. 
Fiscal Autonomy. - The Commission shall enjoy fiscal autonomy. It 
shall determine the amount of its annual budget requirements for its operating expenses, and 
capital outlays which shall be proposed to Congress in accordance with existing budget laws. Its 
approved annual appropriations shall be automatically and regularly released in full. 
The Commission shall have the flexibility to utilize its appropriations, and its income, for 
operating and capital expenses, acquisition, supplies, repairs and maintenance of office 
equipment and facilities subject to the provision oflaw. 
Chapter 2. Authority to Use Appropriations and Income 
SEC. 241. 
Authority to Use Appropriations and Income. -
The Commission is 
hereby authorized to use such sums appropriated in the annual appropriations act, including all 
balances of existing celiifications, to accounts payable of prior years which have not yet been 
reverted to unappropriated surplus, within a period of two (2) years, as are necessary to carry out 
the provisions of this Code. 
The Commission is also authorized to augment any item in its 
appropriations from savings actually released for any official purpose at its discretion. 
The Commission is further authorized to directly use its income derived from fees, cost 
for services it may assess and levy, and such other proceeds generated in the performance of its 
functions for its operating expenses, for personnel and organizational development as well as 
acquisition, repair and maintenance of office equipment, facilities and supplies. 


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Title V - Transitory Provisions 
SEC. 242. 
Abolished Offices. -
All Commission public officers and employees 
whose offices are abolished by virtue of the provisions of this Code shall be absorbed in the 
central, regional and field offices of the Commission with no diminution of status, rank and 
salary. 
SEC. 243. 
Vested Rights. - Except as otherwise provided in this Code, rights vested 
or acquired under the provisions of the Civil Service Law, rules and regulations and any other 
Act prior to the effectivity of this Code shall be respected. 
SEC. 244. Career Executive System Transitory Provisions. - Upon the effectivity of this 
Code, all Career Executive Service Officers shall be accredited as Career Executive Officers. 
They shall be appointed to Career Executive Officer ranks corresponding to their Career 
Executive Service Officer ranks. 
Career Executive Service Eligibles and Career Service Executive Eligibles assigned to 
positions in the Career Executive System shall likewise be appointed to entry rank as Career 
Executive Officer. 
Those who possess Career Executive Service Eligibility shall be accredited as Career 
Executive Officer-Eligibles. Career Service Executive Eligibles who have not been assigned to 
positions in the Career Executive System at the time of the effectivity of this Code shall be 
required to undergo further screening process. 
Title VI - Final Provisions 
SEC. 245. 
Funding. - Funds needed to carry out the provisions of this Code shall be 
taken from funds available in the Commission or in the absence or insufficiency thereof, from 
any lump sum appropriations to be included in the annual General Appropriations Act. The 
appropriation shall cover the operating expenses of the Commission including the salaries, 
allowances and other emoluments of all its public officers and employees in its central, regional 
and field offices and for its projects and activities, snbject to the accounting of such 
expenditures. 
SEC. 246. 
Implementing Rules and Regulations. 
The Commission shall 
promulgate rules and regulations and set guidelines and standards to implement the provisions of 
this Code which shall become effective thirty (30) days after its publication in a national 
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SEC. 247. 
Repealing Clause. - Republic Act No. 2260, Republic Act No. 6040, 
Presidential Decree No. 807, Presidential Decree No.1, Presidential Decree No. 1409, Executive 
Order No. 135, series of 1987, Executive Order No. 180 and Book V, Title 1, Subtitle A on the 
Civil Service Commission of Executive Order No. 292, series of 1987, and Section 2 ofRA 6758 
are hereby repealed. 
Section 2, Rule IV, Lor, Section 42 ofPD 205, Section 11 ofPD 1752, 
Section 24 ofRA 6770, Section 56, Title VIII and Section 46, Title VI ofRA 7157, Sections 77, 
79 and 85 ofRA 7160, Section 5 ofRA 7836, Section 18 (a) ofRA 7875, Section 1 ofRA 8190, 
Section 42 ofRA 8291 and Section 21 ofRA 8551 are hereby amended or modified accordingly; 
and all laws, decrees, orders, circulars, rules and regulations or any part thereof which are 
contrary to or inconsistent with any provision of this Code are hereby repealed or modified 
accordingly. 
SEC. 248. 
Supplemental Applications. - The Rules of Court shall have supplemental 
application to this Code. 
SEC. 249. 
Separability. -
If any provision of this Code or its application to any 
person or circumstances is declared invalid, such declaration shall not affect the other provisions 
of this Code. 
SEC. 250. 
Construction in Favor of Employees. - All doubts in the implementation 
and interpretation of the provisions of this Code including its implementing rules and regulations 
shall be resolved in favor of employees. 
SEC. 251. 
Effectivity. - This Code shall take effect thirty (30) days following its 
publication in the Official Gazette or in a national newspaper of general circulation in the 
Philippines. 
Approved,