Adoption of Flexible Working Hours in the Government Service

April 27, 1989 REVENUE MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR NO. 28-89 SUBJECT : Adoption of Flexible Working Hours in the Government Service TO : All Regional Directors, Service Chiefs, Revenue District Officers and Others Concerned For the guidance of and implementation by all officials concerned, quoted below is Civil Service Memorandum Circular No. 14, s. 1989, dated April 21, 1989: "Pursuant to Resolution No. 89-256 dated April 21, 1989 the Civil Service Commission hereby prescribes the adoption of Flexible Working Hours for all officials and employees in the government service subject to the following conditions: acd 1) Heads of departments, offices and agencies shall have the authority to approve office working hours, provided that in such working hours officials and employees shall render not less than eight hours a day for five days a week for a total of forty hours. 2) The flexible working hours shall not start earlier than 7:00 o'clock in the morning and end not later than 7:00 o'clock in the evening, hence the public is still assured of the core working hours of eight o'clock in the morning to five o'clock in the afternoon. 3) The public must be assured of a continuous service during the period of 12:00 noon to 1:00 o'clock in the afternoon. cd i 4) The Flexible Working Hours adopted by the official or employees shall thereafter be his regular working hours which cannot be occasionally or periodically changed at his convenience. 5) In the exigency of the service, working days may also be altered to include Saturdays and Sundays provided that employees who work on such days may choose a compensatory days-off during the weekdays, provided that the Saturday and Sunday are regular workdays and not cases of overtime. Such working day may be applicable to offices with frontline services such as Consular Offices abroad, Bureau of Internal Revenue, Bureau of Customs, Social Security System, Government Service Insurance System, and other offices that issue licenses, permits, clearance, or which process documents needed to access to other services. 6) A report of flexible working hours adopted by the department, office or agency shall be submitted to the Civil Service Commission within thirty (30) days of its implementation. 7) Habitual absenteeism and tardiness shall hereafter be considered as grave offenses. casia All circulars, issuances inconsistent with this Memorandum Circular are deemed superseded. This Circular shall take effect immediately. (SGD) PATRICIA A. STO. TOMAS Chairman" Officials concerned may now submit to the undersigned for approval their recommendations for the proposed working hours of their personnel in accordance with the aforesaid guidelines. Special attention is drawn to item No. 7 of the guidelines. aisa dc JOSE U. ONG Commissioner of Internal Revenue