Question & AnswerQ&A (CESB Resolution NO. 815)
The purpose of the Family/Home Visit Privilege is to soften the impact of displacement of officials assigned to work stations away from their domiciles and families, promoting professionalism and humanism in the bureaucracy.
Incumbents of CES positions assigned to work stations that are at least fifty (50) kilometers away from their domicile or require travel by sea or air are eligible for the monthly family/home visit privilege.
Two (2) working days per month inclusive of travel time (half-day travel to residence and half-day travel back to the work station) are granted.
Yes, the travel time from the work station to the residence and back is considered official time.
If travel time falls on a declared special non-working holiday, the day after the holiday shall be considered as official travel time.
No, the days allotted to the monthly family/home visit privilege are non-cumulative and if not availed within the month, they are forfeited.
Only actual transportation expenses are allowed and charged against the Maintenance and Other Operating Expenses (MOOE) of the office where the officials are assigned, subject to availability of funds.
Initially, funds are charged from the savings of the agency; subsequently, agencies may include the funding for this privilege in their regular budgets for succeeding years.
No, this privilege is a complementary policy measure that supports the principle of mobility in CES assignments without reducing rank or salary, and reassignments or transfers occur no more than every two years.
It took effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in a newspaper of general circulation or in the Official Gazette, following its adoption on September 10, 2010.
If any section or part is held invalid, the remaining provisions shall remain in full force and effect as if the invalid part had not been included.
Presidential Decree No. 1, dated September 24, 1972, created the CESB and mandates compensation, benefits, and allowances to members of CES.
Section 31, Chapter 5, Title 1-A of the Administrative Code of 1987 supports career and personnel development plans including provisions for employee health, welfare, counseling, and recreation services.