1999 CSC Mem. Circ. Amendments on Appointment Rules

Permanent status is granted to those meeting minimum qualifications and appropriate eligibility in line with laws and rules.
The status applies to all levels of positions across the career and non-career service.

Original appointment is the first entry into service; probationary period of six months for career service with character investigation applies.
Probationers can be dropped anytime within the probation for unsatisfactory conduct or lack of capacity; this action is appealable to the Commission.
Reemployment involves reappointment after separation by various modes such as retirement, resignation, reduction in force with a gap in service; no prior authority needed for reemployment of retired persons under 65.
Reappointment occurs without a service gap during reorganization, devolution, salary standardization, re-nationalization.

Personnel movements like secondment and designation do not require appointment issuance but need an office order from authorized officials.
Secondment is a temporary assignment to another agency or international body, limited mainly to managerial, professional, technical, and scientific employees.
Secondments over one year require Commission approval; memorandum of agreement and employee concurrence must be submitted.
Violation of secondment terms is grounds for discontinuance and possible disciplinary action.
Payment of salaries during secondment is the responsibility of the receiving agency; salary differences are adjusted accordingly.
A designation imposes additional temporary duties that can be terminated at the appointing authority's discretion.

Appointments take immediate effect upon issuance and assumption of duties, entitling the appointee to salary immediately.
Appointments may not take effect earlier than their issuance date.
For local government units, appointments requiring local legislative concurrence take effect only after such concurrence.
Change of status from temporary to permanent depends on eligibility certification or license presentation and verification.
Changes based on education, training, or experience require proof and endorsement for effectivity.

Requests for corrections in name, date or place of birth must be filed with the appropriate Civil Service Regional Office.
Requests must be accompanied by authenticated birth certificates with timely recorded information.
Late recorded birth certificates need court orders for corrections to be made.
Corrections made through proper written orders of the Civil Service Regional Office.

Employees absent without approved leave for 30 consecutive working days may be dropped from the rolls without prior notice but must be notified within 5 days.
For absences less than 30 working days, return-to-work orders are issued with failure to report providing grounds for removal.
Poor performance or physical/mental unfitness are other grounds for dropping employees from rolls.

Persons losing elections (except Barangay elections) are barred from appointment/reemployment for one year after the election.
Compulsory retirement age is 65; extensions up to 6 months or 1 year (for those completing 15 years GSIS service) may be granted in meritorious cases by the Commission.
Extension requests must be filed before compulsory retirement; service credits and benefits during extension are regulated.

Engagement in private business or profession by officers/employees requires written permission from agency heads.
Absolute prohibition applies to those whose duties demand full government-time commitment.
Permission conditions include limiting outside activity to non-office hours and ensuring no conflict with official functions.

Employees on study leave or secondment are ineligible for promotion during these periods.

The provisions and amendments take effect immediately as adopted on August 27, 1999.