QuestionsQuestions (EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 72)
It prescribes the daily office hours to be observed in all government offices, excluding holidays.
From 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon and from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. (Standard Time under Commonwealth Act No. 91).
Yes. The stated daily hours are exclusive of holidays.
Continuous hours from 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Standard Time provided in Commonwealth Act No. 91.
If the interests of the public service so require, the head may extend daily office hours for any or all employees under him.
Yes. They may require overtime work not only on work days but also on holidays, when public service interests require.
The powers vested in him by law, pursuant to Section 63 of the Revised Administrative Code.
Executive Order No. 31, dated March 8, 1945.
Upon its promulgation.
Yes. Weekday hours are 8:00 a.m.–12:00 noon and 1:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m., indicating a break between 12:00 noon and 1:00 p.m.
It sets the condition/standard that must be present before heads of departments/bureaus/offices may extend office hours or require overtime.
It would be permissible only if the head of the relevant department/bureau/office extended daily hours based on the public service interests provision; otherwise, the default hours end at 4:00 p.m.
It allows the head to require overtime work on holidays, provided the interests of the public service so require.
Because its mandate applies universally across government offices, not only specific agencies.