QuestionsQuestions (CSC MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR NO. 21)
They must render eight (8) working hours a day for five (5) working days a week, totaling forty (40) hours a week, exclusive of time for lunch.
From 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon, and 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., continuously for the workday.
No. The forty (40) hours are exclusive of time for lunch.
In the exigency of the service, or when necessary by the nature of the work of a particular agency, and upon representations with the CSC by the concerned Department heads; however, employees must still render a total of forty (40) hours per week.
The public must be assured of core working hours of 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. continuously for the duration of the entire work week.
No. In no case shall working hours be reduced when adopting flexi-time; CSC MC No. 14, s. 1989 (Adoption of Flexible Working Hours) must be strictly complied with.
All officers and employees must record daily attendance on the proper form or, whenever possible, have them registered on the bundy clock.
Other means may be allowed if the employee’s name and signature, plus the time of actual arrival and departure, are indicated and subject to verification.
No. It includes employees serving in the field, and those on the water or aboard a vessel, as well as those whose usual place of work is not the office proper.
It shall be kept in a conspicuous place and its custody is with a responsible officer who shall monitor arrival and departure.
When the interest of public service so requires; the extension may be fixed according to the nature of work.
Generally, overtime is paid when rendered; however, payment is excepted when the overtime is rendered in the exigency of the service or when the service requires them to work urgently, subject to existing regulations.
No. Off-setting of tardiness or absences by working the equivalent number of minutes or hours is not allowed.
Any employee who incurs undertime regardless of number of minutes/hours is subject to administrative sanctions when it occurs ten (10) times a month in a semester or at least two (2) consecutive months during the year.
CSC MC No. 04, s. 1991 (Policy on Absenteeism and Tardiness).
It takes effect immediately.