Title
CSC policy on unpaid leave adjacent to holidays
Law
Csc Memorandum Circular No. 16
Decision Date
Apr 26, 1991
The Civil Service Commission establishes a new policy allowing employees on leave without pay immediately before or after weekends and holidays to not be penalized for those days, effective immediately.
leave of
absence
administrative law

Legal basis and prior CSC policy

  • CSC adopts the policy through CSC Resolution No. 91-540 dated April 23, 1991.
  • The Circular amends a previously adopted CSC policy that treated an employee on leave without pay on an immediately preceding or succeeding day as likewise without pay on the adjacent Saturday, Sunday, or Holiday.
  • The Circular is issued by the Civil Service Commission as the central personnel agency of the government.

Policy purpose and governing principle

  • The Circular establishes a rule for attendance crediting around Saturday, Sunday, or Holiday.
  • The Circular’s governing principle is that an employee absent on the adjacent day must not be considered absent on the Saturday, Sunday, or Holiday days themselves.
  • The Circular directs strict observance by government department and agency heads.

Coverage and operative rule

  • The Circular applies to every employee, regardless of whether the employee has leave credits.
  • The operative scenario is when an employee is absent on a day immediately preceding or succeeding Saturday, Sunday, or Holiday.
  • The Circular requires that the employee shall NOT be considered absent on the said days (Saturday, Sunday, or Holiday).
  • The rule applies regardless of whether the employee has leave credits.

Implementation by department and agency heads

  • Heads of Departments or Agencies must oversee the strict implementation of the Circular.
  • The Circular requires consistent application across government offices under the authority of these heads.
  • The Circular’s directive governs how absences adjacent to weekends and holidays are treated administratively.

Transition from the old policy

  • The prior CSC policy required that if an employee is on leave of absence without pay on the day immediately preceding or succeeding Saturday, Sunday, or Holiday, the employee shall also be without pay on those Saturday, Sunday, or Holiday days.
  • CSC Memorandum Circular No. 16 adopts a revised treatment under which the adjacent absence does not carry over to the Saturday, Sunday, or Holiday days.
  • The revision is grounded on the consideration that employees paid on a monthly basis are not required to work on those days.

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