FIFTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE REPUBLIC ) 
OF THE PHILIPPINES 
) 
First Regular Session 
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SENATE 
Senate Bill No. 2 3 8t; 
INTRODUCED BY SEN. JINGGOY EJERCITO ESTRADA 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
Section 2, paragraph 6, Article IX-B of the Constitution provides that 
"Temporary employees in the government shall be given protection as may be 
provided by law." 
Further, Section 2, paragraph 2, Article IX-B states that "Appointments in 
the Civil Service shall be made according to merit and fitness to be determined, 
as far as practicable, and except to positions which are policy determining, 
primarily confidential, or highly technical, by competitive examination." 
This bill seeks to amend Sections 1 and 2 of Republic Act No. 6850 
entitled ''An Act to Grant Civil Service Eligibility under Certain Conditions to 
Government Employees Appointed under Provisional or Temporary Status who 
have Rendered a Total of Seven Years of Efficient Service, and for Other 
Purposes." It proposes to extend and grant civil service eligibility to casual and 
contractual employees in the government who have continuously served the 
government for at least three (3) years. 
In order to enhance a high level of professionalism, competence and 
efficiency in government service, it is important that casual and contractual 
employees shall be given protection and accorded the same benefits as those of 
permanent employees after rendering three (3) years of continuous and efficient 
service. 
In view of the foregoing, approval of this bill is earnestly sought. 
Senator 


FIFTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE REPUBLIC ) 
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SENATE 
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INTRODUCED BY SEN. JINGGOY EJERCITO ESTRADA 
AN ACT 
AMENDING SECTIONS 1 AND 2 OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 6850, OTHERWISE 
KNOWN AS AN ACT TO GRANT CIVIL SERVICE ELIGIBILITY UNDER 
CERTAINS CONDITIONS TO GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES APPOINTED 
UNDER PROVISIONAL OR TEMPORARY STATUS WHO HAVE RENDERED 
A TOTAL OF THREE (3) YEARS OF EFFICIENT SERVICE, AND FOR OTHER 
PURPOSES 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in 
Congress assembled: 
SECTION 1. Section 1 of Republic Act No. 6850 is hereby amended to 
read as follows: 
"Section 1. All government employees [as of the approval of this 
Act] who are holding career civil service positions appointed under 
[provisional or temporary] CASUAL OR CONTRACTUAL status who have 
rendered at least a total of [seven (7)] THREE (3) years of CONTINUOUS 
efficient service [may be] ARE HEREBY granted [the] civil service 
eligibility. [that will qualify them for] THEREAFTER, THEY ARE 
ENTITLED TO permanent appointmentS 'to their present positions OR TO 
OTHER POSITIONS TO WHICH THE ELIGIBILITY CONFERRED 
HEREIN QUALIFIES THEM AS DETERMINED BY THE CIVIL SERVICE 
COMMISSION. 
[The Civil Service Commission shall formulate performance 
evaluation standards in order to determine those temporary employees 
who are qualified to avail themselves of the privilege granted under this 
Act. 
The civil service eligibility herein granted may apply to such other 
positions as the Civil Service Commission may deem appropriate.]" 
SEC. 2. Section 2 of Republic Act No. 6850 is hereby amended to read as 
follows: 
"Section 2. The Civil Service Commission shall promulgate WITHIN 
NINETY (90) DAYS AFTER THE EFFECTIVITY OF THIS ACT the 
IMPLEMENTING rules and regulations [to implement this Act] consistent 


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with the [merit and fitness principle] PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT. [within 
ninety days after its effectivity)." 
SEC. 3. Separability Clause. If any provision of this Act is held invalid or 
unconstitutional, the other provisions not affected hereby shall remain valid and 
subsisting .. 
SEC. 4. Repealing Clause. All laws, decrees, executive orders, 
proclamations, rules and regulations, or parts thereof inconsistent herewith are 
hereby repealed or modified accordingly. 
SEC. 5. Effectivity Clause. 
Approved, 
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