CQVIL SERVICE COMMISSION Republic ofthe Philippines MC No.1 4s. 2018 MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR TO : ALL HEADS OF CONSTITUTIONAL BODIES; DEPARTMENTS, BUREAUS AND AGENCIES OF THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT; LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS; GOVERNMENT-OWNED OR CONTROLLED CORPORATIONS WITH ORIGINAL CHARTERS; AND STATE UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES SUBJECT : 2017 Omnibus Rules on Appointments and Other Human Resource Actions, Revised July 2018 In CSC Resolution No. 1701009 dated June 16, 2017, the Commission adopted and promulgated the 2017 Omnibus Rules on Appointments and Other Human Resource Actions (ORAOHRA) to govern the preparation, submission of, and actions to be taken on appointments and other human resource movements in the Philippine government. To ensure that provisions of this policy are in accordance with other administrative issuances and pertinent laws, and to respond to the changing needs in human resource management, the Commission, pursuant to CSC Resolution No. 1800692 dated July 3, 2018, approved the amendments and additional provisions to the 2017 Omnibus Rules on Appointments and Other Human Resource Actions. This Memorandum Circular shall take effect after fifteen (15) days from the date of the publication of CSC Resolution No. 1800692 in The Philippine Star on August 10, 2018. ALICIA dela ROSA-BALA Chairperson 30 AUG 2018 Bawat Kawani, Lingkod Bayani CSC Building, BP Road, Batasan Hil, 1126 Quezon City (02) 931-7935/(02) 931-7939/(02) 931-8082 acscphilecscgovph @ wwwascgouph‘VIL SERVICE COMMISSION Republicofthe Philippines 2017 OMNIBUS RULES ON APPOINTMENTS — Numi: 1800692 AND OTHER HUMAN RESOURCE ACTIONS (REVISED JULY 2018) Re: Amendments and Additional Provisions to CSC Resolution No. 1701009 (June 16, 2017) Promulgated: _ 99 JUL 2018 x RESOLUTION WHEREAS, Section 3, Article IX-B of the 1987 Philippine Constitution mandates the Civil Service Commission, as the central personnel agency of the Government, to “establish a career service and adopt measures to promote morale, efficiency, integrity, responsiveness, progressiveness, and courtesy in the civil service It shall strengthen the merit and rewards system, integrate all human resources development programs for all levels and ranks, and institutionalize a management climate conducive to public accountability. x x x" WHEREAS, Section 12 (2), Chapter 3, Title I (A), Book V of the Administrative Cade of 1987 provides that the Commission shall prescribe, amend and enforce rules and regulations for carrying into effect the provisions of the Civil Service Law and other pertinent laws; WHEREAS, Section 12 (14), Chapter 3, Title | (A). Book V of the same Code provides that the Commission shall take appropriate action on all appointments and other personnel matters in the Civil Service; WHEREAS, Section 26, Chapter 5, Title | (A), Book V of the same Code provides, among other things, that “all personnel actions shall be in accordance with such rules, standards and regulations as may be promulgated by the Commissio WHEREAS, in line with this mandate, the Commission promulgated CSC Resolution No. 1701009 dated June 16, 2017 which was published in the Philippine Star on August 2, 2017 and took effect on August 18, 2017 and circularized through CSC Memorandum Circular No. 24, s. 2017, otherwise known as the 2017 Omnibus Rules on Appointments and Other Human Resource Actions; WHEREAS, as a result of the Levelling of Interpretation on the 2017 Omnibus Rules on Appointments and Other Human Resource Actions and series of cascading activities done in CSC Regional and Field Offices, certain amendments have to be made to ensure that the provisions of this policy are in accordance with other administrative issuances and pertinent laws; WHEREFORE, the Commission RESOLVES to APPROVE the amendments and additional provisions to certain sections of CSC Resolution No. 1701009, which are in bold letters, as follows: Crna Kawani, Lingkod Bayani FCSC Balding, BP Road Batasan ile 1126 Quezon City —& (02) 931-7935/(02)931-7939/02) 931-8092 aacscphilecscgovph @ wwwcscgov.ph2017 Omnibus Rules on Appointments and Other Human Resource Actions, RULE! GENERAL POLICIES ON APPOINTMENTS Sec. 1. The State shall ensure and promote the Constitutional mandate that appointments in the Civil Service shall be made only according to merit and fitness’ Sec. 2. Merit and fitness shall be determined, as far as practicable, by competitive examinations. This does not apply to appointments to positions which are policy determining, primarily confidential, or highly technical. Sec. 3. Any action denoting the movement or progress of human resource in the civil service such as promotion, transfer, reappointment, reinstatement, reemployment, reclassification, detail, reassignment, secondment?, demotion and separation shall be known as human resource action. RULE II REQUIREMENTS FOR REGULAR APPOINTMENTS, Sec. 4. Common Requirements. The common requirements for regular appointments to be submitted by regulated and accredited/deregulated agencies to the Civil Service Commission Field Office (CSC FO) concerned shall be, as follows: Regulated Agencies Accredited/Deregulated Agencies “Permanent, Temporary, Coterminous, | + Permanent, Temporary, Coterminous, Contractual, Substitute, and Contractual, Substitute, and Provisional Appointments Provisional Appointments a. Electronic file (e-file) stored in compact disc (CD)/flash drive or sent thru email plus 2 printed copies (CSC copy and agency a. Electronic file (e-file) stored in compact disc (CDyflash drive or sent thru email plus 2 printed copies (CSC copy and agency copy) of Appointment Transmittal copy) of Report on Appointments | | | and Action Form (CS Form No. 1, Issued (RAI) (CS Form No. 2, Revised 2018) Revised 2018). The RAl shall also serve as the Appointment Transmittal and Action Form. b. 3 original copies of Appointment b. Original CSC copy of appointments Form (CS Form No. 33-A, Revised issued (CS Form No. 33-B, 2018) — employee copy, CSC copy Revised 2018) and agency copy | c. Personal Data Sheet (PDS) (CS c. Personal Data Sheet (PDS) (CS |__ Form No. 212, Revised 2017), Form No. 212, Revised 2017), tam 8, Section 22), Arce Xo ho 1967 Coston ofthe Republic! he Pitpines Socondent wile sublet fa separate issuarce a Ww