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REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES ) 
First Regular Session 
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SENATE
S.B. No. 1332
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Introduced by SENATOR IMEE R. MARCOS
AN ACT
GRANTING CIVIL SERVICE ELIGIBILITY TO GOVERNMENT 
EMPLOYEES WHOSE STATUS OF APPOINTMENT IS EITHER 
CASUAL OR CONTRACTUAL, AND WHO HAVE CONTINUOUSLY
RENDERED AT LEAST SEVEN (7) YEARS OF EFFICIENT SERVICE
EXPLANATORY NOTE
Article IX (B), Section 3 of the 1987 Constitution provides that the Civil Service 
Commission, as the central personnel agency of the Government, shall establish a 
career service and adopt measures to promote morale, efficiency, integrity, 
responsiveness, progressiveness, and courtesy in the civil service. It shall strengthen 
the merit and rewards system, integrate all human resources development programs 
for all levels and ranks.
According to the Inventory of Government Human Resources, as of 31 August 
2021, there are 582,378 contract of service (COS) or job order (JO) personnel out of 
the 2,337,802 government employees. Government agencies with the greatest number 
of JOs and COSs in 2021 include the Department Public Works and Highways, 
Department of Health, Department of Education, Department of Environment and 
Natural Resources, and Department of Social Welfare and Development. Many of these 
government employees are continuously being rehired for the same position they are 
holding due to their acquired expertise in the field but are held at a disadvantage in 
terms of benefits and privileges that are only accorded to regular employees.
This bill seeks to grant civil service eligibility to government employees who have 
rendered at least seven (7) years of continuous and efficient pubic service which will 
qualify them as regular employees entitled to security of tenure and full benefits.
Thus, the immediate passage of this bill is earnestly sought.
IMEE ly^lARCOS


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AN ACT
GRANTING CIVIL SERVICE ELIGIBILITY TO GOVERNMENT 
EMPLOYEES WHOSE STATUS OF APPOINTMENT IS EITHER 
CASUAL OR CONTRACTUAL, AND WHO HAVE CONTINUOUSLY 
RENDERED AT LEAST SEVEN (7) YEARS OF EFFICIENT SERVICE
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 security of tenure, humane conditions of work, 
and a living wage.
SEC. 2. Coverage. - All incumbent government employees who are holding 
casual or contractual positions in the first and second levels, and who have rendered 
at least seven (7) years of continuous efficient service, shall be granted appropriate 
civil service eligibility. Provided, however, that they pass the civil service performance 
evaluation standards, as provided in Section 3 of this Act.
SEC. 3. Civil Service Performance Evaluation Standards. - The Civil Service 
Commission shall formulate the performance evaluation standards to determine 
qualified employees under this Act.
SEC. 4. Applicability. - This Act shall be implemented for a period of five (5)
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SEC. 5. 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. 6. Separability Clause. - If, for any reason, any section or provisions of 
this Act is declared unconstitutional or invalid, the other sections or provisions not 
affected thereby shall remain in full force and effect.
SEC. 7. Repealing Clause.-k\\ other laws, decrees, executive orders, issuances, 
rules and regulations, or part thereof inconsistent with this Act are hereby likewise 
repealed or amended accordingly.
SEC. 8. Effectivity. - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its 
publication in the Official Gazette or in a newspaper or in a newspaper of general 
circulation in the Philippines.
Approved,