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Quezon City

SEVENTEENTH (17TH) CONGRESS
First Regular Session

House Bill No, 843 5

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Introduced by: Rep. BERNADETTE R. HERRERA-DY

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EXPLANATORY NOTE

As of the last count in 2010, the government is the biggest employer of the country
with approximately 1.4 million civil servants, As many as 120,000 state workers are said to
be contractual employees;' and, in some agencies such as the Department of Transportation,
as much as 40% — almost half of the Department’s 6,948 personnel — remain to be
temporary, contractual or ‘job order” workers?

If the current government's thrust is to end contractualization, or “Endo” in the
private sector, so too should it regularize government workers who suffer the same fate
Granting regular status will serve as an incentive towards more productive work, investing in
‘one’s job, and taking on a longer term view at one’s career advancement. Considering, the
services they extend in all government offices vis-a-vis the insufficient benefits and
privileges accorded the casual and contractual employees, the government should grant these
dedicated employees who have rendered efficient service in the bureaucracy an opportunity
to obtain their civil service eligibility

This bill will mandate that all incumbent government employees, as of the approval of
this Act, who are holding casual or contractual positions in the first and second levels and
who have rendered continuous service for the last five (5) years shall be granted civil service
eligibility by the Civil Service Commission, provided, however, that they shall not be entitled
to any promotion unless they obtain the appropriate cligibility requirement for that position
This bill borrows from and builds upon $.B, 59 pending at the Senate in the current Congress
and thus aims to serve as a counterpart to that version.

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In view of the foregoing, immediate approval of this

Il is earnestly sought


Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

SEVENTEENTH (17TH) CONGRESS
First Regular Session

3485

House Bill No.

Introduced by: Rep. BERNADETTE R, HERRERA-DY

AN ACT
GRANTING CIVIL SERVICE ELEGIBILITY TO GOVERNM!
GRANTING CONDITIONS, WHOSE STATUS OF APPOINT
CASUAL OR CONTRACTUAL AND WHO HAVE RENDERED A TOTAL OF FIVE (5)
YEARS OF EFFICIENT SERVI

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress
assembled:

SECTION 1. Declaration of Policy. ~ The State shall harness its human resources to
cope with the rapid economic development and population growth. Government workers, being
an important component of the State's human resources, shall be given the equal opportunity to
quality education, justice, and security of tenure.

SEC. 2. Coverage. — Subject to the provisions of the Constitution and applicable civil
service laws, rules and regulations, all incumbent government employees, as of the approval of
this Act, who are holding casual or contractual positions in the first and second levels and who
have rendered continuous service for the last five (5) years shall be granted civil service
eligibility by the Civil Service Commission: Provided, however, that they shall not be entitled to
any promotion unless they obtain the appropriate eligibility requirement for that position.

SEC, 3. Civil Service Performance Evaluation Standards, — The Civil Service
Commission shall formulate performance evaluation standards to determine qualified employees
under this Act

C. 4. Implementing Rules and Regulations. ~ The Civil Service Commission shall
prepare the necessary rules and regulations to implement the provisions of this Act, and the same
shall be promulgated within ninety (90) days after the approval of this Act

SEC. 5. Separability Clause. ~ If any provision of this Act is declared unconstitutional or
invalid, the other provisions not so declared shall remain in full force and effect


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SEC. 6. Repealing Clause. — All laws, decrees, executive orders, department or
memorandum orders and other administrative issuances or parts thereof which are inconsistent
with the provisions of this Act are hereby modified, superseded or repealed accordingly

SEC, 7. Effectivity Clause. - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) day
publication in the Official Gazette or in two (2) newspapers of general circulation

after its

Approved,