Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
Quezon City

SIXTEENTH CONGRESS

First Regular Session

8792

House Bill No.

Introduced by Hon. Delphine Gan Lee
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EXPLANATORY NOTE

Internship programs help bridge the gap between the school environment and the
workplace. It serves a two-fold purpose. The first is to allow government agencies to augment
entry level functions while providing valuable work experience to prospective government
employees. The second is to improve the recruitment pool by establishing a definite list of
individuals who have experience working with particular government agencies. A sound
internship system would provide our civil service a necessary layer in training, selection and
overall human resource development,

In order to ensure that the internship system is properly carried out across the
government agencies and that the best practices are acknowledges and replicated, the Civil
Service Commission must take the lead in establishing rules on internship programs as well
as gathering pertinent information. The Civil Service Commission has the role of making sure
that information regarding available internship programs are properly disseminated in order
to attract more applicants and provide the government agencies with sufficient candidates for
internship.

This bill seeks to mandate the Civil Service Commission to provide an integrated

internship program that would complement its current recruitment efforts in order to ensure


that our prospective civil servants are properly trained and the deserving ones promptly

recruited. The passage of this bill is thus earnestly requested.

HON. fff IE GAN LEE
Represeftfativd/AGRI Party-List


Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

SIXTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

Ries 3792

House Bill No.

Introduced by Hon, Delphine Gan Lee

AN ACT
TO DEVELOP THE INTERNSHIP PROGRAMS OF THE GOVERNMENT TO
IMPROVE THE HIRING OF FULL-TIME GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES

Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Philippines in
Congress assembled:
SECTION 1. Short Title. ~ This Act shall be known as the “Government Internship

Improvement Act of 2013.”

SECTION 2. Definitions. — The purposes of this Act the term —
A. “Internship program” means a program established by a Government agency
to provide educational employment experiences to individuals whose service

in such agency will not be used to displace any employee; and

B, “Intern” means an individual serving in an internship program.

SECTION 3. Internship Coordinator. ~ The head of each Government agency
operating an internship program shall designate an individual within such agency to serve as

an internship coordinator.

SECTION 4. Online Information. — The head of each Government agency operating

an internship program shall make publicly available on the Intemnet--


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A, the name and contact information of the internship coordinator for such program;
and;

B, information regarding application procedures and deadlines for such internship
program;

The Civil Service Commission shall make publicly available on the Internet links to

the websites where the information described in paragraph (1) is displayed.

SECTION 5. Centralized Database. ~ The Civil Service Commission shall establish
and maintain a centralized electronic database that contains the names, contact information,
and relevant skills of individuals who have completed or are nearing completion of an

internship program and are currently seeking full-time Government employment.

SECTION 6. Noncompetitive Appointment, ~ Under such regulations as the Civil
Service Commission shall prescribe, the head of an agency may make a noncompetitive
appointment leading to conversion to term, career, or career-conditional employment of an
individual if the individual —

‘A. has completed an internship program;

B, is recommended for such appointment by the agency in which the individual

served as an intern; and

C. satisfies such other requirements and conditions as the Civil Service Commission

may prescribe.

SECTION 7. Term Appointment Conversion. — An inte appointed to term
employment under Section 6 may subsequently be converted noncompetitively to a career or

career-conditional appointment before the term appointment expires.

SECTION 8. Regulations. — The Civil Service Commission shall prescribe such

regulations as the Commission considers necessary to carry out this Act.


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SECTION 9. Program Report. ~ The head of each Government agency operating an
internship program shall annually submit to the Civil Service Commission a report assessing
such internship program. Each report required shall include, for the one-year period ending
on March 1 of the year in which the report is submitted —

A. the number of interns that participated in an internship program at such agency;

B, information regarding the demographic characteristics of interns at such agency,

including educational background;

C. the percentage of individuals who began full-time Government employment at

such agency who were appointed to such employment in accordance with Section
9.D.;

D. a description of the steps taken by such agency to increase such percentage, and

any barriers encountered;

E. a description of activities engaged in by such agency to recruit new interns,

including locations and methods;

F. a description of the diversity of work roles offered within internship programs at

such agency;

G. a description of the mentorship portion of such internship programs; and

H. a summary of exit interviews conducted by such agency upon completion of an

internship program by an intern.

SECTION 10. Submission. ~ Each report required under Section 9 shall be submitted
to the Civil Service Commission between March 1 and March 31 of each year. Not later than
April 30 of each year, the Civil Service Commission shall submit to Congress a report
summarizing the information submitted to the Civil Service Commission in accordance with

Section 9 for such year.


SECTION 11. Separability Clause. — If any provision or part hereof, is held invalid or
‘unconstitutional, the remainder of the law or the provision not otherwise affected shall remain

valid and subsisting.

SECTION 12. Repealing Clause. — Any law, presidential decree or issuance,
executive order, letter of instruction, administrative order, rule or regulation contrary to ot is
inconsistent with the provision of this Act is hereby repealed, modified, or amended

accordingly.

SECTION 13. Effectivity Clause, — This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after

its publication in at least two (2) newspapers of general circulation.

Approved,