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
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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.ph2017 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
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| 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),
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