Republic of the Philippines 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
Batasan Hills, Quezon City 
TWENTIETH CONGRESS 
First Regular Session 
HOUSE BILL NO.1355 
Introduced by 4Ps Partylist Representative 
JC M. ABALOS 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
The 1987 Constitution mandates the State to ensure security of tenure to each 
employee, both in the public and in the private sector. The government, being the 
largest employer in the Philippines, has to ensure that there is a possibility of career 
advancement in the government through granting Civil Service Eligibility. However, 
despite this constitutional directive, the government bureaucracy still has a total of 
642,077 job orders or contract staff.1  
While the Civil Service Commission has made efforts to facilitate career 
advancements through the implementation of the Career Service Eligibility – 
Preference Rating (CSE-PR),2 its current scope may not fully address the extensive 
need for regularization and promotion among all contractual, temporary, or 
coterminous government employees with significant years of service.  
Thus, this proposed measure would reward those who have continuous and 
accumulative government service the chance to be granted Civil Service Eligibility; a 
2 Civil Service Commission, Grant of Eligibility: Career Service Preference Rating (CSE-PR) to Specific Workers 
in Government Agencies Based on Length of Service and Work Performance, Resolution No. 2301123 (Quezon 
City: Civil Service Commission, December 7, 2023), 
https://www.csc.gov.ph/phocadownload/userupload/irmo/policy%20resolutions/CSC-Resolution_2301123-CSE-P
R_JOCOSC6%201.pdf. 
1 Public Servants and Performance-based Incentives," SERP-P, accessed July 2, 2025, 
https://serp-p.pids.gov.ph/feature/public/index-view?feauredtype_id=1&slug=public-servants-and-performance-ba
sed-incentives#:~:text=According%20to%20a%20report%20of,as%20of%20June%2030%2C%202022. 
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reward that government employees deserve after their service and dedication in 
their job and to the Filipino people.  
Efforts to provide Civil Service Eligibility to government employees who meet 
a certain criteria have been ongoing since the 13th Congress, unfortunately, these 
bills have not been enacted into law. Further, this bill has also been filed in the 19th 
Congress.  
In light of the foregoing, the immediate passage of this measure is earnestly 
sought.  
JC M. ABALOS 
Representative 
4Ps Partylist 
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Republic of the Philippines 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
Batasan Hills, Quezon City 
TWENTIETH CONGRESS 
First Regular Session 
HOUSE BILL NO.  1355 
Introduced by 4Ps Partylist Representative 
JC M. ABALOS 
AN ACT 
GRANTING APPROPRIATE CIVIL SERVICE ELIGIBILITY TO 
CONTRACTUAL, TEMPORARY AND COTERMINOUS GOVERNMENT 
EMPLOYEES UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in 
Congress assembled: 
SECTION 1. Grant of Civil Service Eligibility. — An eligibility equivalent to 
a Career Service Professional Eligibility is hereby granted to all contractual, 
temporary, or coterminous government employees who as of the approval of this 
Act, and thereafter, have rendered at least a total of ten (10) years of continuous 
service, or twelve (12) years of cumulative service. 
An employee who has rendered government service for a continuous period 
of five (5) years, or a cumulative period of (6) years shall be granted an eligibility 
equivalent to a Career Service Sub-Professional Eligibility: Provided, That such 
member shall have at least earned seventy-two (72) units in any baccalaureate 
degree program: Provided, finally, That the eligibility granted under this section shall 
be considered appropriate for second and first level positions in the career service 
respectively, except those which require qualifications in skills or trade test and/or 
requiring board examinations and other special eligibilities provided under special 
laws. 
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SEC. 2. Civil Service Performance Evaluation Standards. — The Civil 
Service Commission shall formulate performance evaluation standards to determine 
qualified employees under this Act. 
SEC. 3. Implementing Rules and Regulations. — The Civil Service 
Commission (CSC) shall promulgate the necessary rules and regulations to 
implement this Act within ninety (90) days after the effectivity of this Act. 
SEC. 4. Repealing Clause. — All laws, decrees, executive orders, rules and 
regulations, issuances or any part thereof inconsistent with the provisions of this Act 
are hereby repealed or amended accordingly. 
SEC. 5. Effectivity. — This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days following its 
publication in the Official Gazette or in at least two (2) national newspapers of general 
circulation. 
 
Approved, 
 
 
 
 
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