z * Republic of the Philippines
7 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

- 0 Quezon City

Eighteenth Congress

First Regular Session

House Bill No:_2643 .
Introduced by REP. MERCEDES C. CAGAS 5
EXPLANATORY, NOTE

This bill seeks to grant appropriate civil service eligibility to the temporary employees in the
government who have rendered at least five (5) years of continuous and effjcient service.

While temporary employees are equipped with the educational requirement, training and
experience for the career service position to which they are appointed, they lack the appropriate civil
service eligibility that will qualify them for permanent appointment to their current positions

In 1990, there were around 200,000 temporary government employees occupying career
service positions. These employees benefitted from the passage of Republic Act (RA) No. 6850 which
granted civil service eligibility to goyemment employees who were appointed under temporary status
and have rendered a total of seven (7) years of efficient service

Today, 26 years after RA, 6850had been implemented, the population of government
‘employees has burgeoned, which expectedly come with a-large number of temporary employees. If
temporary employees covered under RA 6850 were given the opportunity to become permanent, we
cannot see why the same privilege cannot be extended to the temporary employees who presently
‘occupy important career service positions i

. Article IX-B Section 2(6) of the 1987 Constitution provides that “temporary employees of the
government shall be given such protection as may be provided by law." \n cognizance of this
constitutional mandate, we ‘find it-most fitting to grant appropriate civil service eligibility to
temporary employees in the government who possess at least five years of continuous and efficient
service as of the approval of this proposed measure to help them qualify for permanent appointment to
their current positions, 3

Hence, approval of this bill is earnestly sought. -

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Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City
Eighteenth Congress
First Regular Session

3643
House Bill No

Introduced by REP. MERCEDES C.CAGAS

AN ACT GRANTING CIVIL SERVICE ELIGIBILITY UNDER CERTAIN
CONDITIONS TO GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES WHO ARE APPOINTED UNDER
TEMPORARY STATUS AND WHO HAVE RENDERED AT LEAST FIVE (5)
YEARS OF CONTINUOUS AND EFFICIENT SERVICE,

Bé it enacted by the Senate and House of, Representatives of the Philippines in Congress
assembled.

SECTION 1. Grant of Eligibility — All government employees who, as of the
approval of this Act, are holding career service positions under temporary status and who
have rendered at least five (5) years continuous antl efficient service, shall be erdinted the civil
service eligibility that’qualffies these employges for permanent appointment t6 their current
Positions: Provided, that these government employées tnust have obtained a “satisfactory”
performance tating for the last two semestral rating period and that they have no pending
criminal or administrative ease as certifed by the immediate supervisor or head office

SECTION 2. Performance Evaluation Standard — The Civil Service Commission
shall, consistent with the merit and fitness principle, formulate’ the performance evaluation
standard to be used in the determination of temporary emplayees who are qualified to avail of
the privilege granted under this Act. + :

As used in this Section, ‘emporary employee refers to a government employee who
meets the education, experience and training requirements for the Position to which he is
appointed except for the appropriate civil service elgibility



SECTION 3. Implementing Rules and Regulations ~ The Civil Service Commission
shall, within ninety (90) days from the approval of this Act, promulgate the rules and
regulations necessary for is implementation

“SECTION 4, Effeetivity - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its
publication in the Official Gazeue or in a newspaper of general circulation,

Approved,