CIVIL SERVICE

COMMISSION
Maria Francesca R. Montes
CONSTITUTIONAL COMMISSION

Fiscal
May promulgate
autonomy:
own procedural
salaries may not
rules
be decreased
Independence:
fixed 7-year
term

Non-abolition,
non-reduction
by Statute
POWERS & FUNCTIONS
Central
personnel
agency

Integrate HR Establish a
development career
1987 programs service
Constitution
Article IX-B,
Sec. 3
Promotion of
Strengthen
morale in civil
merit system
service

Adopt
Submit to OP
measures for
& Congress
public
annual report
accountability
 Power to hear and Original jurisdiction to Establishment of a
CSC enjoys a wide
decide administrative hear and decide a grievance procedure,
latitude of discretion,
cases instituted before complaint for cheating that decisions of lower
and may not be
it directly or on appeal in CSC examinationss level officials be
compelled by
(i.e. appointments) committed by appealed to the agency
mandamus
government employees head then to CSC
Administrative
Torregoza v. CSC
Code of 1987 Cruz v. CSC Olanda v. Bugayong

POWERS AND FUNCTIONS

 Qualifications Scope
1987 Constitution
• Article IX-B, Section 1(1)
• Article IX-B, Section 2(1)
 Executive

COMPOSITION
Director
Public Commission
Assistance & Secretariat &
Information Liaison

Financial and Alicia dela Legal Affairs

Assets Mgt Rosa-Bala,
Chairperson

Robert
Human Nieves Osorio, Examination
Martinez,
Resource Commissioner Recruitment
Relations Commissioner & Placement

Ariel Ronquillo, David Cabanag,

Assistant Assistant
Integrated Commissioner Commissioner Human
Resource Mgt
Records Mgt
& Dev’t

HR Policies & Civil Service

Standards Institute

Internal Audit Strategy

Services Management
CLASSES OF SERVICE
Career
Service

Non Career
Service
 Where prior
Open career qualification or
positions examination is

CLASSES OF SERVICE
required

Closed career e.g. scientific or

highly technical in
positions nature

Career
Service Career e.g.
Executive undersecretaries,
bureau directors
Service

Other than those

Characterized by entrance (a) based on Career Officers
belonging to the
CES who are

Non
merit andCareer
fitness to be determined, as far as appointed by the
President
practicable,
Service by competitive examinations;
OR (b) based on highly technical Positions in the Although governed
by different merit
qualifications, with opportunity for APF system

advancement to higher career positions and

security of tenure. Personnel of
GOCCs with
original charters

Permanent Skilled, semi-skilled

laborers or unskilled
 Elective officials, and
their personal and
CLASSES OF SERVICE confidential staff

Characterized by entrance on bases other

Department heads and
than those of the usual tests – tenure
limited to a period specified Career
officials of Cabinet rank
by law, or who hold office at the
Service
which is co-terminus with appointing
pleasure of the
President
authority or subject to his pleasure
Chairmen and
members of
commissions and
Non Career breaus with fixed terms
Service

Contractual personnel

Emrgency and seasonal

personnel
 APPOINTMENTS IN THE CIVIL SERVICE

Exceptions General
Rule

Where the Close intimacy Requires Made only according

PRIMARILY
CONFIDENTIAL

HIGHLY TECHNICAL
POLICY DETERMINING

officer lays which ensures possession of to merit and fitness

down principal freedom of technical skill to be determined, as
guidelines or intercourse or training in
rules; or supreme far as practicable, by
formulates a degree competitive
method of examination.
action
 Unless otherwise
allowed by law OR
Elective official
primary functions of
during tenure [Art.
his position,
IX-B, Sec. 7(1)]
appointive officials
[Art. IX-B, Sec. 7(2)]

No officer or
Candidate who lost employee shall
in election within 1 engage in
year (Art. IX-B, Sec. electioneering or
6) partisan politics
Disqualification [Art. IX-B, Sec. 2(4)]
s in Civil
Service
JURISDICTION Exclusive

Recall of
Appointment

Review
Appointee’s
Qualifications
JURISDICTION Exclusive
Qualification Disciplinary
standards cases

Recall of
Appointment Personnel
Employment action affecting
status Civil Service
Review employees

Appointee’s
Qualifications
JURISDICTION Exclusive
Recall is a mode of
removal of a public
Recall of official by the people
before the end of his
Appointment term of office
Garcia v.
Review COMELEC
Appointee’s
Qualifications
JURISDICTION Exclusive
Review
appointment in
Recall of light of
Appointment requirements of
Civil Service Law
Review Lapinid v. CSC
Appointee’s
Qualifications
JURISDICTION
WHAT CSC CANNOT DO

It cannot change
the nature of the
appointment
It cannot order the extended by the
replacement of the appointing officer
appointee simply
because it Luego v. CSC
considers another
employee to be
The CSC cannot better qualified
co-manage or be a
surrogate
administrator of Lapinid c. CSC
government officers
and agencies