QuestionsQuestions (CSC MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR NO. 16)
Under the earlier CSC policy, if an employee was on leave of absence without pay on a day immediately preceding or succeeding a Saturday, Sunday, or holiday, he would likewise be considered without pay on those Saturday/Sunday/holiday days.
CSC Resolution No. 91-540 amended the prior policy by considering that employees paid on a monthly basis are not required to work on Saturdays/Sundays/holidays; thus the “without pay” effect would no longer automatically extend to those non-working days.
When an employee is absent on a day immediately preceding or succeeding Saturday, Sunday, or a holiday, he shall NOT be considered absent on those Saturday/Sunday/holiday days.
No. The Circular applies “regardless of whether he has leave credits or not.”
The employee is not considered absent on Sunday, so the LWOP on Friday does not extend to the Sunday pay/status (consistent with the Circular).
The Circular states that absence on a day immediately preceding or succeeding Saturday, Sunday, or holiday does not cause the employee to be considered absent on those weekend/holiday days. It specifically addresses the adjacent weekend/holiday days, not the actual LWOP day.
No. The Circular provides that the employee “shall NOT be considered absent on the said days” (the Saturday/Sunday/holiday days) even if he lacks leave credits.
The rationale is that employees paid on a monthly basis are not required to work on those days (Saturdays, Sundays, or holidays), so they should not automatically be treated as absent without pay for those days due solely to LWOP on an adjacent day.
Heads of Departments or Agencies are directed to oversee the strict implementation of the Circular.
It takes effect immediately.
It defines the trigger: if the absence occurs on the calendar day directly adjacent to a Saturday, Sunday, or holiday, the Circular’s protection applies to the actual weekend/holiday day so the employee is not deemed absent on that weekend/holiday day.
While the amendment rationale refers to employees paid on a monthly basis not being required to work on those days, the Circular’s operative rule applies to an employee “regardless of whether he has leave credits or not,” and it is framed as a general personnel policy direction from the CSC. The text emphasizes the monthly-paid rationale.
Earlier policy: LWOP on the day adjacent to a weekend/holiday automatically made the employee without pay on the weekend/holiday day. Amended policy: absence on the adjacent day no longer makes the employee considered absent on the weekend/holiday day (so the LWOP effect does not automatically extend to those days).
Even if the employee was absent on the adjacent day, the employee shall NOT be considered absent on the Saturday/Sunday/holiday day; accordingly, attendance/absence records should reflect no absence on those days due to the adjacency rule.
CSC Memorandum Circular No. 16 adopts and promulgates the amended policy embodied in CSC Resolution No. 91-540, effectively setting the operational rule for implementation.