Implementing Guidelines of the Four-Day Work Plan of the Government

April 19, 1990 REVENUE MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR NO. 034-90 SUBJECT : Implementing Guidelines of the Four-Day Work Plan of the Government TO : All Revenue Officials and Employees and Others Concerned For the information and guidance of all revenue officials and employees, quoted hereunder is Civil Service Commission Memorandum Circular No. 21, series of 1990 dated April 18, 1990. "In line with the Presidential pronouncement on the observance of a 4-day work week which is in keeping with the energy conservation thrust of the government, the Civil Service Commission hereby issues the following guidelines: cdt 1. The five (5) non-working Mondays to be observed by government agencies in Metro Manila shall start on April 23, 1990 until May 28, 1990, except April 30, 1990. 2. The agency head has the option to declare these five Mondays as regular working days, provided however, that no MERALCO power is used. Services rendered on these days shall be considered as regular service and not overtime. 3. The agency head's option to observe the four-day work week for his agency shall be subject to the following conditions: a. Non-working Mondays availed of shall be charged against employees' vacation leave credits or forced leave. In the case of employees with insufficient or no leave credits, their absences shall be charged against future leave credits. b. Employees who observe the non-working Mondays and who have insufficient or no leave credits shall not be considered absent on the Saturdays and Sundays preceding the non-working Mondays. c. These rules shall apply to casual employees with leave credits. In the case of those without leave credits including contractual employees, the agency head shall designate compensatory working days to offset these non-working days which shall be rendered when the electrical power supply has returned to normalcy. cd i d. During these non-working Mondays, all government offices shall maintain a skeletal force in order not to paralyze their operations. The Officer-of-the-Day who man the Public Assistance Center as provided for in MC No. 15, series of 1990, issued by this Commission, shall act as the head of the skeletal force and shall be responsible for the delivery of essential frontline services. e. Employees who chose to render service during the non-working Mondays shall constitute the skeletal force. The heads of office shall see to it that there is work to be done, and that work is done. cd i Cooperation of everyone is enjoined. (Sgd.) MARIO D. YANGO" Commissioner All revenue officials and employees are enjoined to give this circular as wide a publicity as possible. casia JOSE U. ONG Commissioner of Internal Revenue