Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Quezon City

enteenth Congress
First Regular Session

HOUSE BILLNQQ 45

Introduced by Honorable Mark O. Go
EXPLANATORY NOTE

Under the Local Government Code of 1991 (Republic Act No. 7160), mandatory and optional
offices and positions are created to assist the Local Chief Executives. Unfortunately, Human.
Resource Management Officer (HMO) positions are not included.

Itis in consideration of the role of LGU personnel as frontliners in the delivery of basic services
to the people that this proposed bill is filed in the hopes of prioritizing the need for a professional
and competent personnel in government. The hiring of employees or officials to fill important
positions should not be left to chance. It is in the best interest of the LGU and of public service,
both financially and organizationally, to get the right individuals for the different positions.
‘Thus, in order to deliver efficient and effective service to the public, it is highly proposed that a
Human Resouree Management Office be created in all local government units.

Among other duties, the Human Resource Management Officer shall take charge of the Human
Resource Management Office and shall formulate and institute a human resource development
plan that will enhance personnel management processes with emphasis in the areas of
recruitment and selection, career development, performance management, welfare, rewards and
incentives for service excellence.

Human resources is the most important aspect of an organization, Thus, an office should be
created in LGUs to take care of the recruitment, career development, rewards and incentives,
performance management, discipline, employee relations and the whole gamut of Human
Resource and Management,

Approval of this bill is earnestly sought.


Republic of the Philippint
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIV!

Quezon City

Seventeenth Congress
Regular Session

HOUSE BILL NO. 894 5

Introduced by Honorable Mark O. Go
EXPLANATORY NOTE

AN ACT CREATING THE HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT OFFICE,
IN THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS, AND DEFINING ITS FUNCTIONS

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

SECTION 1. Title. - This Act shall be known as the “An Act Creating the Human
Resource Management Office in the Local Government Units."

SECTION 2. Creation. - The Human Resource Management Office is hereby created as
a mandatory office in the province, city, and in the first to third class municipalities. For the
fourth to sixth class municipalities, the creation of the office is optional but the creation of the
Human Resource Management Officer position shall be mandatory. The Human Resource
Management Office shall be headed by the Human Resource Management Officer with the rank
of a Department Head. The Human Resource Management Office or the position of Human
Resource Management Officer shall be created within one (1) year from the effectivity of this
Act.

The creation of the HRMO position in the fourth to sixth class municipalities shall be
exempted from the budget ceiling on personnel services.

SECTION 3. Qualifications, Powers and Duties.

(a) No person shall be appointed Department Head of the Human Resource Management
Office unless he/she is a citizen of the Philippines, a resident of the local government unit
concerned, of good moral character, a holder of a college degree preferably in psychology, public
administration or law, and a first grade civil service eligible or its equivalent. He/She must have
acquired experience in human resource management or organization development for at least



five (5) years in the case of the province or city, and three (3) years in the case of the
municipality, and have undergone certification program for HRMO to be conducted by the Civil
vice Commission,

(b) The Human Resource Management O:
Resource Management Office and shal

er shall take charge of the Human

(1) Formulate for approval by the governor or mayor, as the case may be, a human
resource development plan that will enhance personnel management processes in
the local government unit concerned with emphasis in the areas of recruitment
and selection, career development, performance management, welfare, rewards

and incentives for service excellence;

(2) Institutionalize a centralized records of human resource documents such as
appointments, personal data sheets, service records, statement of assets and
liabilities, leave credits, and other pertinent personnel records;

3) Conduct continuing human resource development programs, and other capacity
building interventions to enhance the competency of employees and officials;

(4) Monitor and evaluate the implementation of performance management systems in
the local government unit concermed in accordanee with Civil Service rules and
regulations:

(5) Advise the governor or the mayor, as the case may be, and the sanggunian on
matters pertaining to Civil Service rules and regulations on recruitment, selection
and placement (RSP), learning and development (L&D), performance
management (PM) and rewards and recognition (R&R) and other HR policies
such as, leave benefits, employee welfare and discipline:

(6) Ensure that Civil Service Law and rules on per

executed;

sonnel matters are properly

(7) Establish linkages/partnership with HR organizations and other LGUs; and

(8) Exercise such other powers and perform such other functions and dutie:

be prescribed by law or ordinanee,

as may

{CTION 4, Appropriations, ~ ‘he position of Department Head for Human Resource
Management Office (HRM Officer) shall be included in the plantilla of personnel in the local
government unit concerned approved by appropriate body. The appropriation or budget item
number of the position shall be approved by the sanggunian concerned.

SECTION 5. Separability Clause. - If any provision of this Act is held invalid or
unconstitutional, other provisions not affected thereby shall continue to be in full force and
effect.



Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days following
tte or in at least two (2) newspapers of general
circulation

Approved,