REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
Quezon City 
TWENTIETH CONGRESS 
First Regular Session 
House Bill No. 1326 
Introduced by HONORABLE RAMON JOLO B. REVILLA III, 
HONORABLE LANI MERCADO-REVILLA, and 
 HONORABLE BRYAN B. REVILLA 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
This bill seeks to grant an automatic civil service eligibility for government 
employees who have rendered a total of 5 years of efficient service. It shall 
include those appointed as casual or contracatual positions in the 1st and 2nd levels. 
It shall also mandate the Civil Service Commission (CSC) to formulate 
performance evaluation standards to determine the qualified employees. 
The government is the one if not the biggest practitioner of 
contractualization or “endo” in the country. The continuing struggle of public 
servants employed under a Contract of Service (COS) and Job Orders (JOs) still 
hound our labor sector. Among the main challenges of our casual and contractual 
public servants are having secure and stable employment and social benefits that 
will protect their rights as workers.  
Moreover, under CSC Memorandum Circular No. 40, series of 1998, 
mandates that COS and JOs do not establish an employer-employee relationship 
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thereby greatly severing the labor rights provided by Presidential Decree No. 442, 
also known as the “Labor Code of the Philippines.” 
According to the Department of Budget and Management, there are 832, 
812 contractual employees in the government — most of them are working in 
local government units. 1  Around 580,323 or 69.68% belong in the local 
government; 173,227 or 20.8% work under national government agencies; 44,168 
or 5.3% in state universities and colleges; 28,667 or 3.44% in government-owned 
and -controlled corporations; and 6,427 or 0.77% in local water districts.2 
While we cannot undermine the principle of meritocracy, through the 
implementation of a civil service eligibility examination, as the core basis of 
qualification for a public servant, the fact that most of them have been rehired for 
the work and function for over many years is a true testament that they are 
qualified and befitting for such positions.  
It is high time for the State to adhere to social justice, as an employer, and 
guarantee the tenets of our fundamental law on the security of tenure and the 
equal opportunity for all workers, regardless of their background or stature in life. 
In view of the foregoing, the immediate passage of this bill is earnestly 
sought. 
1  GMA News. DBM: Government has over 832,000 contractual employees. Information retrieved from 
https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/nation/917642/government-contractual-employees-dbm/story/. 
Dated 20 August 2024 
2 Ibid. 


     RAMON JOLO B. REVILLA III 
LANI MERCADO-REVILLA 
BRYAN B. REVILLA 


REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
Quezon City 
TWENTIETH CONGRESS 
First Regular Session 
House Bill No. 1326 
Introduced by HONORABLE RAMON JOLO B. REVILLA III, 
HONORABLE LANI MERCADO-REVILLA, and 
 HONORABLE BRYAN B. REVILLA 
AN ACT 
 PROVIDING CIVIL SERVICE ELIGIBILITY AND PERMANENT 
APPOINTMENT TO ALL GOVERNMENT CASUAL AND 
CONTRACTUAL EMPLOYEES UNDER JOB ORDERS, CONTRACT 
OF SERVICE, MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT, MEMORANDUM 
ORDER OR UNDERSTANDING AND OTHER SIMILAR CONTRACTS 
WHO HAVE RENDERED AT LEAST FIVE (5) YEARS OF EFFICIENT 
GOVERNMENT SERVICE 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in 
Congress assembled: 
SECTION. 1. Declaration of Policy. — It is hereby declared the policy of 
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the State to harness its human resources to cope with the rapid economic 
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decelopment and population growth in the country. Towards this end, government 
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workers, being an unequivocal component of the State’s human resources, shall 
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be given the equal opportunity to quality education, justice, and security of tenure. 
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SEC. 2. Coverage. — Subject to the provisions of the 1987 Constitution 
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and applicable civil service laws, rules and regulations, all incumbent government 
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employees, as of the approval of this Act, who are holding casual or contractual 
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positions in the first and second levels and who have rendered continuous service 
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for at least (5) five years will be granted civil service eligibility by the Civil 
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Service Commission (CSC). Provided however, That they shall not be entitled to 
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any promotion unless they obtain the appropriate eligibility requirement for that 
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position. 
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SEC. 3. Civil Service Performance Evaluation Standards. — The Civil 
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Service Commission shall formulate performance evaluation standards to 
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determine qualified employees under this Act. 
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SEC. 4. Implementing Rules and Regulations. — The Civil Service 
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Commission shall prepare and formulate the necessary rules and regulations to 
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impkement the provisions of this Act within ninety (90) days after the effectivity 
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of this Act. 
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SEC. 5. Retroactive Clause. — This Act shall be applied retroactively 
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pursuant with Section 2 thereof. 
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SEC. 6. Separability Clause. — If any provision of this Act is declared 
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unconstitutional or invalid, the other provisions not so declared shall remain in 
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full force and effect. 
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SEC. 7. Repealing Clause. — All laws, decrees, executive orders, 
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memorandum, and other administrative issuance or parts thereof which are 
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inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby modified, superseded, or 
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repealed accordingly. 
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SEC. 8. Effectivity Clause. — This Act shall take fifteen (15) days afterw 
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its publication in the Official Gazette or in a newspaper or general circulation. 
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Approved,