Reviewer: E.

Classification of position
I. Terms 1. Career – Entranced based on merit or fitness, opportunity for
A. Public Administration – Refers to the composite of those activities and advancement, security of tenure
processes concern primarily with the means for carrying out a. Open career positions– prior qualification is required
government program and policy objectives. b. Closed career – scientific, technological or managerial in
B. Corruption - Perversion or destruction of integrity and fidelity in nature such as faculty and academic
discharging duties and responsibilities by bribery or favor c. Position in the career executive service – undersecretary,
C. Governance - the exercise of political, economic and administrative assistant, sec etc
affairs of a nation. It embraces all methods, used by the government to d. Career officer other than in the career executive (foreign
distribute powers and manage public resources. service officer)
D. Characteristics of Good Governance: e. Commission officers and enlisted men of the Armed forces
1. Predictability f. Personnel of GOCCs
2. Rule bound g. Permanent laborers
3. Accountability & Ethics in Decision Making 2. Non-career – Other than the usual test of merit and fitness
4. Responsive to the Need of People Co-terminous, limited tenure
5. Long Term view of public interest a. Elective officials
E. Characteristics of Bad Governance b. Secretaries and other officials of Cabinet rank
1. Corruption c. Chairman and members of commissions and boards with
2. Whimsical Decision Making fixed term
3. Short Sightedness d. Contractual personnel
4. Decision to benefit the few e. Emergency and seasonal personnel
5. Disregard the concern of people F. Levels of Positions in the Career Service
II. Chapter 1: Philippine Civil Service a. First level – clerical, trades, crafts
A. Civil Service – The generic term of the men and women employed b. Second level – professional, technical and scientific positions
in the government to carry out public services in all its branches, c. Third level –Career Executive Service (CES)
subdivisions and instrumentalities
B. Alicia Dela Rosa – Bala – Current chairman of CSC III. Chapter 2: Recruitment, Examination and Selection
C. EO 292 – Book V – Revised Administrative code of 1987 A. The current recruitment and selection policies in the
D. Characteristics of the Civil service – merit and fitness principle government are as follows:
1. Equality of opportunity 1. Appointments shall be made according to merit and fitness
2. Open competition for positions 2. Opportunities shall be open to all qualified citizens and
3. Standardization of compensation positive efforts shall be exerted to attract the best qualified
4. Career advancement to enter the service.
5. Security of Tenure 3. Selection of employees for appointment in the government
6. Political neutrality shall be open to all qualified men and women according to
 merit and fitness. There shall be equal opportunity for both experience in research and/or teaching in the pertinent
gender field, or have earned a graduate degree from a
B. Publication of Vacancies: recognized school of good standing. Appropriate for the
 RA 7041 “Publication Law” – all vacancies must be 2nd level.
publicized first before they can be filled including those for 5. Barangay Health Worker Eligibility – Accredited
renewal appointments except for the following position: Barangay health workers who have rendered at least 5
1. Primarily confidential positions years continuous and satisfactory service
2. Policy determining positions 6. Veterans Preference Rating – 10 points shall be added
3. Highly technical positions to the ratings earned by a veteran in the Civil Service
4. Other non-career positions Examination. 10 points is granted to the earned rating
5. Positions to be filled up by existing regular employees in of the ff examinees
case of reorganization a. Veteran with service-connected disability
C. Examination: b. Widow of veteran
 Competitive examinations through Civil Service c. Wife of veteran who does not qualify for civil
Examination including: service due to service-connected disability
1. Career service examination for the Professional Level  Automatic Grant Eligibility – Those who pass the BAR or
2. Examination for the sub professional level Board examinations are automatically entered in the
3. Career Executive Officer Examination (CEOE) – unified corresponding register of eligible without the need of
third level examination system certificates.
 Eligibilities granted under special laws – civil service  Qualification Standards: May include
eligibility may be granted under special laws and issuance 1. Education requirement
which includes: 2. Experience requirement
1. Barangay Official Eligibility – For barangay officials 3. Training requirement
(Punong Barangay, Kagawad, SK Chairman, Barangay 4. Civil Service Eligibility requirement
Secretary and treasurer). Must have served for 5 years. IV. Chapter 3:
Eligibility is granted for first level positions. A. CSC Memorandum circular no. 40 – Revised omnibus rules on
2. Honor graduate eligibility – Honor graduates of appointments and other personnel actions – Prescribe rules on
Bachelor’s degree. For second level positions. preparation, submission and actions to be taken on
3. Electronic Data Processing Specialist Eligibility – appointments and other personnel action
passers of the proficiency test or training given by the B. Appointment system:
National Computer Center. Appropriate for the second 1. Career & Non-career – made in the prescribe form CS Form
level positions 33
4. Scientific and Technological Specialist Eligibility – for 2. Casuals – Plantilla Appointment form
specialist who have at least 3 years continuous 3. Local Government Units department heads – requires
concurrence of the local sanggunian
C. Employment Status 7. Renewal – subsequent appointment issued upon expiration
1. Permanent – meets all requirements of the appointment
2. Temporary – meets requirements except civil service 8. Change status :
eligibility a. Temporary to permanent
3. Substitute – issued when the regular incumbent is b. Provisional to regular (permanent)
temporary unable to perform 9. Demotion – reduction of duties
4. Co-terminous – entrance and continuity of service is based 10. Upgrading/reclassification – Change in position title with
on the trust and confidence of the appointing authority corresponding increase in salary grade. involves abolition
a. Co-terminous with the appointing authority and collapsing of positions which the agency finds
b. Co-terminous with the head of the organization unit insignificant
c. Co-terminous with the incumbent E. Other Personnel Movements :
d. Co-terminous with the project 1. Reassignment – movement of an employee from one
e. Co-terminous with the life span of the agency organizational unit to another in the same department or
5. Contractual – shall undertake a specific work or job for a agency which does not involve a reduction in rank, status or
limited period of time not to exceed one year salary. Prohibited within 3 months before any election
6. Casual – issued only for essential and necessary services 2. Detail – temporary appointment of an employee from one
7. Employment of Teachers: department or agency to another.
a. Regular permanent – meets all requirements 3. Secondment – movement from one department to another
b. Provisional – all requirements except eligibility which is temporary in nature and may or may not require an
c. Substitute – when regular incumbent is temporarily appointment
unable to perform Approval shall be subject to:
D. Nature of appointment a. MOA for secondment between mother and receiving
1. Original – initial entry into the career or non-career service agency
2. Promotion – advancement of an employee from one b. Period of secondment shall be for a maximum of 3 yrs
position to another
3. Transfer – movement from one position to another with F. Prohibitions:
equivalent rank, level or salary. Maybe from 1 department Rule XVIII of Omnibus rules Implementing book V of EO292
to another or agency to agency. Shall have permission from 1. No appointive official shall hold any other office in the
head of department government unless otherwise allowed by law
4. Reemployment – reappointment of those who have been 2. No elective/appointive public officer shall receive
previously appointed but has been separated additional, double or indirect compensation unless
5. Reappointment – re-issuance of appointment during authorized by law
reorganization, devolution, salary standardization 3. No appointment in the national, provincial, city and
6. Reinstatement – issuance of appointment who has been municipal government or any branch of instrumentality
separated after being exonerated from charges
 including GOCCs shall be made in favor of a relative of the  Exemption to punch in the bundy clock:
appointing or recommending authority (within 3rd degree) a. Chief and Assistant chiefs of agencies appointed by the
 Exempted with the rules of nepotism: president
a. Person employed in a confidential capacity b. Officer rank higher that those chief and assistant chiefs in the
b. Teachers 3 branches of government
c. Physicians c. Other presidential appointees
d. Members of the AFP  Off- setting of tardiness or absences for the time the employee was
e. Scientific and technology personnel late or absent beyond the regular or approved working hours is
4. Local government – no appointment on career service prohibited
within 4th degree  Tardiness and undertime incurred, regardless of the number of
V. Chapter 4: minutes per day, exceeding ten times a month for 2 consecutive
Section 5 Article IX-B – Mandates congress to provide for the months in a semester shall be subject to disciplinary actions
standardization of compensation of government official and  Departments, agencies, bureaus and offices is allowed to
employees promulgate their own internal rules and regulations on attendance
RA 6758 – Act prescribing Revised compensation and position  Violations of the rules issued by the agencies is punishable with
classification system in the government and other purposes “Salary reprimand on the first offense, suspension for 1 to 30 days on
Standardization Law” second offense, and dismissal on third offense.

Chapter 5:
 The officials’ secretary is required to maintain a monthly calendar of
A. Working hours – all except covered by special law shall render not activities that indicates the engagements, whereabouts and travel
less than 8 hours a day for five days or a total of forty hours a week of the officials on the particular dates as well as record of leaves
exclusive of lunch time whenever they leave the CSC premises.
B. Flexible working hours (Flexi time) – maybe allowed subject to the  Leave credits are to be deducted:
discretion of the head of department or agency a. When the officials are absent from work, whether on sick leave,
 An employee may be required to work for 5 hours on Saturday if vacation leave, special privilege leave or other appropriate leave
he/she works only for 7 hours a day (eg. For school, courts, hospitals b. When official record their time of arrival, but fail to indicate
and health clinic) time of departure in which case they are considered present
C. Teaching hours – not more than 6 hours of actual classroom only for 1 hour
teaching a day c. When the total number of hours of work rendered by the
D. Attendance – daily record of attendance is required officials is less than 40 hours in a week
 Service in the field – service rendered outside the office proper
 Service on the water – service rendered on board a vessel which is
the usual place of work
E. Leave of Absence: 9. Absence without approved leave (AWOL) – continuous
1. Vacation or sick leave – 15 days annual sick leave with full pay absences without approved leave of at least 30 days shall be
exclusive of weekends or holiday ground for separation from service
2. Teacher’s leave- vacation = No sick or vacation leave credits but 10. Parental leave of solo parents – 7 days in addition to other
proportional vacation pay of 70 days of summer vacation and14 leave privileges. Non-convertible to cash
days Christmas vacation. Continuous service without incurring
absences without pay of not more than 1 ½ days entitles
teacher to 84 days proportional vacation pay.
3. Maternity leave – 105 days, additional 15 days for single
mother
4. Paternity leave – For married male employees only. 7 days
transferred form the wife’s maternity leave for 4 deliveries. Non
-convertible to cash
5. Special privileges: (3 days maximum)
a. Personal milestone –birthdays/weddings/wedding
anniversary
b. Parental obligations – Attendance of child’s school
programs, PTA meetings, graduations, first communion,
medical needs
c. Filial obligations – medical or social obligations towards the
parents and siblings
d. Domestic emergencies – house repairs, absence of
yaya/maid
e. Personal transactions – obligation to government and
private offices. Paying taxes, court appearances, arranging
housing loan
f. Calamity – accident, hospitalization due to force majeure
that affects life, limbs or property of the employee and
immediate family
6. 5 days forced/mandatory leave – for those with 10 days or
more leave credits except for elective local officials
7. Rehabilitation leave – for wounds and injury. Not to exceed 6
months
8. Leave without pay – Not exceeding 1 year. Clearance is
required for leave of more than 1 month