Republic of the Philippines 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
Quezon City 
NINETEENTH CONGRESS 
First Regular Session 
House Bill No. _____ 
Introduced by CIBAC Party-List Representative 
Eduardo “Bro. Eddie” C. Villanueva 
AN ACT 
PROVIDING FOR A PERMANENT APPOINTMENT TO ALL CASUAL 
AND CONTRACTUAL EMPLOYEES OF THE GOVERNMENT WHO 
HAVE RENDERED THE PRESCRIBED YEARS OF SERVICE AND FOR 
OTHER PURPOSES  
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
The 1987 Constitution explicitly provides that workers shall be 
entitled to security of tenure, humane conditions of work, and a living wage 
(Article XIII, Section 3). This is a fundamental right guaranteed by the 
1987 Constitution for all workers.  
Despite this constitutional guarantee, the right to security of tenure 
is one that has yet to be fully realized by all Filipino workers, both in the 
private and public sectors.  
With regard the public sector, according to the Civil Service 
Commission (CSC), the Philippine Government, the largest “employer” in 
the country, employs at least 25% of its 2.3 million government workers, 
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or 582,378 as “job order” (JO) or “contract of service” (COS) employees 
as of August 2021.1 
 
 
Previously, the Commission on Audit, CSC, and the Department of 
Budget and Management issued Joint Administrative Order (JAO) No. 1, 
Series of 2017, as amended by JAO No. 1, Series of 2018, which 
regulates the hiring of workers hired under the category of “job orders” 
and “contracts of service,” and allows agencies to renew existing contracts 
until December 31, 2020. It further provides that existing qualified contract 
of service and job order workers must be considered for appointment by 
the government agencies to their vacant positions subject to existing Civil 
Service Laws and rules and agency CSC-approved Merit Selection Plan. 
 
Despite these efforts, however, a considerable number of workers 
in the government still experience “endo” and the Constitutional guarantee 
to security of tenure remains elusive to them. This bill seeks to address 
this issue by ensuring that casual and contractual employees of the 
government who have rendered exemplary service are given security of 
tenure. Under this bill, all incumbent casual and contractual government 
employees who have rendered at least five (5) years of exemplary and 
continuous service in the national government and six (6) years of service 
in the case of local government units, shall be entitled to permanent 
appointment and an automatic grant of civil service eligibility, subject to 
the requirements of the Constitution, other relevant civil service laws, and 
the Merit Selection Plan of the concerned agency. 
  
 
  
The immediate passage of this bill is earnestly sought. 
 
 
 
 
 
1 Civil Service Commission, Inventory of Government Human Resource – JO/COS Data (as of 
AUGUST 31, 2021); Civil Service Commission, Inventory of Government Human Resource – Career 
and Non-Career (as of AUGUST 31, 2021); accessible at http://csc.gov.ph/2014-02-21-08-28-23/pdf-
files/category/1809-ighrs_2021.html. 


 
Republic of the Philippines 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
Quezon City 
 
 
NINETEENTH CONGRESS 
First Regular Session 
 
 
House Bill No. _____ 
 
 
 
Introduced by CIBAC Party-List Representative 
Eduardo “Bro. Eddie” C. Villanueva 
 
 
 
AN ACT 
PROVIDING FOR A PERMANENT APPOINTMENT TO ALL CASUAL 
AND CONTRACTUAL EMPLOYEES OF THE GOVERNMENT WHO 
HAVE RENDERED THE PRESCRIBED YEARS OF SERVICE AND FOR 
OTHER PURPOSES  
 
 
 
  Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
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Philippines in Congress assembled:
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SECTION 1. Short Title. – This Act shall be known as the “Civil 
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Service Security of Tenure Act.” 
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SECTION 2. Declaration of Policy. – The State shall harness its 
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human resources to cope with the rapid economic development and 
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population 
growth. 
Government 
workers, 
being 
very 
important 
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components of the State’s human resources, shall be given equal 
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opportunity to quality education, justice, and security of tenure. 
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SECTION 3. Permanent Appointment for Long-Time Casual and 
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Contractual Employees of the National Government Agencies and 
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Local Government Units. – Subject to the provisions of the 1987 
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Constitution and applicable civil service laws, rules and regulations and 
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the provisions of this Act, all incumbent casual and contractual 
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government employees who have rendered at least five (5) years of 
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continuous, exemplary and outstanding service in the case of national 
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government agencies, or a total of six (6) years of continuous, exemplary 
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and outstanding service in the case of local government units as of the 
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date of the approval of this Act shall be entitled to security of tenure. 
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SECTION 4. Automatic Grant of Civil Service Eligibility. – An 
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automatic grant of civil service eligibility shall be given to a casual or 
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contractual employee who has obtained at least a satisfactory rating for at 
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least (3) years. 
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SECTION 5. Computation of Length of Service. – The 
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requirement of continuous service shall be waived if the service of the 
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official/employee concerned prior to the completion of the said years was 
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interrupted by not more than two (2) years, taken cumulatively, due to 
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either abolition of his/her position, reorganization of the office wherein 
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he/she was phased out, or reduction in force: Provided, further, That in 
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the case of officials/employees who have been previously employed in the 
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same government agency in any capacity, the said requirement of 
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continuous service may likewise be waived if the interruption of their 
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service is not more than six (6) months, taken cumulatively, so long as the 
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minimum required period is met. 
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SECTION 6. Selection Process of Casual and Contractual 
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Employees. – Casual and contractual employees who meet the requisite 
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length of service shall undergo the screening process as prescribed in the 
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Merit Selection Plan of the agency or as determined by the pertinent 
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selection board or hiring authority. 
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SECTION 7. Security of Tenure of Covered Employees and 
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Affected Positions. – All covered employees may not be separated or 
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terminated from the said positions, except for just or lawful cause as 
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provided under  applicable laws and issuances, and with due process of 
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law, nor can their positions be abolished except when the same is vacated 
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by their incumbents or due to a bona fide rationalization plan; Provided, 
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That nothing herein shall prevent the concerned national government 
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agency or local government unit from assigning or transferring its 
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employees, or otherwise decide on personnel movement and other 
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actions. 
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SECTION 8. Implementing Rules and Regulations. – The Civil 
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Service Commission, in consultation with the Department of Budget and 
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Management and the Commission on Audit, and other relevant 
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stakeholders, shall issue the rules and regulations necessary to 
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implement the provisions of this Act within ninety (90) days from the 
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approval of this Act.  
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SECTION 9. Penal Provisions. – Any government employee who 
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shall apply for entitlement to security of tenure under the provisions of this 
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Act on the basis of false claims and/or documents, and any government 
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officer or employee who shall make or issue false certifications, 
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attestations, endorsements, and/or spurious documents in relation to any 
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such application shall suffer the penalty of imprisonment of one (1) year 
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to three (3) years or a fine of up to One Hundred Thousand Pesos 
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(Php100,000.00), or both, at the discretion of the court, without prejudice 
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to any criminal, civil, or administrative action that may be filed against 
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him/her. The concerned government employee shall also suffer the 
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accessory penalty of absolute perpetual disqualification from public office.  
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SECTION 10. Separability Clause. – If any provision of this Act is 
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held invalid or unconstitutional, the remaining provision of this Act not 
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otherwise affected shall remain valid and subsisting.  
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SECTION 11. Repealing Clause. – All laws, decrees, executive 
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orders, department or memorandum orders, and other administrative 
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issuance or parts thereof which are inconsistent with the provisions of this 
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Act are hereby modified, superseded or repealed accordingly. 
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SECTION 12. Effectivity Clause. – This Act shall take effect fifteen 
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(15) days after its publication in the Official Gazette or in at least two (2) 
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newspapers of general circulation. 
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Approved, 
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