Attendance and Punctuality of Officials and Employees

June 17, 1968 REVENUE MEMORANDUM ORDER NO. 33-68 SUBJECT : Attendance and Punctuality of Officials and Employees Everyone has a role to play in our organization. Everyone is expected to do his duty. And when we speak of duty we come to the basic rules of attendance and punctuality. One's office attendance has a lot to do with our performance as a team. We must assume, for the benefit of the employee, that one has valid reasons for being absent or for not being punctual. A man is not a machine and is a sensitive creature. Sometimes he breaks down because of illness or intemperance. This we try to understand. That is why he is allowed vacation and sick leave of absence. But, in many cases employees are frequently absent for no reason at all. Added to the seriousness of frequent absences is the fact that he does not even inform his supervisor or immediate chief of his absence. This affects the work he is performing. If he has no immediate replacement for the duration of his absence, his work is suspended. This creates a bad image for this Bureau, and this affects the entire organization. To prevent incidence of this nature in the future and to attain the highest degree of performance in the revenue service, Department Heads and Revenue Directors, effective immediately, should require the Chiefs of Divisions, Branches and other units under them to keep track of attendance of their respective employees to the end that absences of one week or more, or even less but un-explained absences should be reported to the CIR, Attention: Revenue Operations Head (Administrative Services) in order that the salaries of these employees shall be suspended and reduction of salary, in proper cases, may be made. Department Heads and Revenue Directors are also required to update the records of attendance of their subordinates. Supervisory officials shall be held administratively responsible for their failure to report violation of the rules on attendance. Reports of frequent and unexplained absences, together with the recommendation for the suspension of the salaries of the employees should be done every quarter and must be submitted within the first five days of the succeeding month after the end of the quarter. cd Strict compliance herewith is enjoined. MISAEL P. VERA Commissioner of Internal Revenue