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Introduced by Senator Aquilino Q. Pimentel, Jr. 
Explanatory Note 
This bill seeks to amend sections 1 and 2 of Republic Act No. 6850, 
otherwise known as "An act to Grant Civil Service Eligibility under Certain 
Conditions to Government Employees Appointed under Provisional or Temporary 
Status who have Rendered a Total of Seven Years of Efficient Service, and for 
Other Purposes." This legislative measure proposes to extend and grant civil 
service eligibility to casual or contractual employees in the government who have 
continuously served the government for at least five years. 
This proposal is pursuant to the mandate of Section 2, paragraph 6, Article 
'IX-B of the Constitution, which provides: "Temporary employees in the 
government shall be given protection as may be provided by law." 
Non-permanent employees, more often than not, are poorly compensated, 
receive nominal bonuses, and are not well-provided with comprehensive 
healthcare, in spite of the long number of years that they have devoted in 
government office. By this long service in government, the implication is that 
these employees have demonstrated competence, efficiency, and diligence in 
the performance of their duties. 
Section 2, paragraph 2, Article IX-B of the Constitution requires that 
"appointments in the civil service shall be made according to merit and fitness to 
be determined, as far as practicable, and, except to positions which are policy 
determining, primarily confidential, or 
highly technical, 
by competitive 
examination." Just the same, it may be fair and justifiable to consider the 
employees' competence, efficiency, diligence, loyalty, length of service, 
educational attainment, and trainings attended as compliance with the standards 
of merit and fitness set forth in the Constitution. 
As proposed, Government employees covered by this bill are those who 
have already served the government for a total of at least five (5) years. 
In view of the foregoing, the immediate approval of this measure is 
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2"d Regular Session 
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AN ACT AMENDING SECTIONS 1 AND 2 OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 6850 
OTHERWISE KNOWN AS AN ACT TO GRANT CIVIL SERVICE ELIGIBILITY 
UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS TO GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES 
APPOINTED UNDER PROVISIONAL OR TEMPORARY STATUS WHO HAVE 
RENDERED A TOTAL OF SEVEN (7) 
YEARS OF EFFICIENT SERVICE, AND 
FOR OTHER PURPOSES. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in 
Congress assembled: 
SECTION I. Section 1 of Republic Act No. 6850 is hereby amended as 
"Section 1. All government employees [as of the approval of this 
Act] who are holding career civil service positions appointed under 
[provisional or temporary] CASUAL OR CONTRACTUAL status who 
have rendered at least a total of [seven (7)] FIVE (5) years of 
CONTINUOUS efficient service [may be] ARE HEREBY granted [the] civil 
service eligibility. [that will qualify them for] THEREAFTER, THEY ARE 
ENTITLED TO permanent appointmentS to their present positions OR TO 
OTHER POSITIONS TO WHICH THE ELIGIBILITY CONFERRED 
HEREIN QUALIFIES THEM AS DETERMINED BY THE CIVIL SERVICE 
COMMISSION. 
follows: 
[The Civil Service Commission shall formulate performance 
evaluation standards in order to determine those temporary employees 
who are qualified to avail themselves of the privilege granted under this 
Act. 
The civil service eligibility herein granted may apply to such other 
positions as the Civil Service Commission may deem appropriate]." 
SECTION 2. Section 2 of Republic Act No. 6850 is hereby amended as 
"Section 2. The Civil Service Commission shall promulgate 
WITHIN NINETY (90) DAYS AFTER THE EFFECTIVITY OF THIS ACT 
the IMPLEMENTING rules and regulations [to implement this Act] 
consistent with the [merit and fitness principle] PROVISIONS OF THIS 
ACT. [within ninety (90) days after its effectivity]." 
SECTION 3. All laws, decrees, executive orders, proclamations, rules and 
regulations, or parts thereof inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed or 
modified accordingly. 
follows: 
SECTION 4. If any provision of this Act is held invalid or unconstitutional, 
the other provisions not affected hereby shall remain valid and subsisting. 
SECTION 5. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days from the date of its 
publication in at least two (2) newspapers of general circulation. 
Approved,