Guidelines on the Availment of Modified Flexible Working Hours or Flexi-Time Arrangement for the First and Second Level Courts
OCA Circular No. 150-2022 outlines the guidelines for implementing a Modified Flexible Working Hours or Flexi-Time Arrangement for first and second level court personnel in the Philippines, effective June 1, 2022. Requests for flexi-time must be approved by Executive or Presiding Judges and submitted to the Employees' Leave Division. The allowed working hours vary by region, and only employees with Salary Grades 24 and below can avail of this arrangement, limited to 25% of the total personnel per court. Flexi-time can only commence after receiving formal approval from relevant administrative offices. All inconsistent existing guidelines are modified accordingly.
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- What is Guidelines on the Availment of Modified Flexible Working Hours or Flexi-Time Arrangement for the First and Second Level Courts about?
- OCA Circular No. 150-2022 outlines the guidelines for implementing a Modified Flexible Working Hours or Flexi-Time Arrangement for first and second level court personnel in the Philippines, effective June 1, 2022. Requests for flexi-time must be approved by Executive or Presiding Judges and submitted to the Employees' Leave Division. The allowed working hours vary by region, and only employees with Salary Grades 24 and below can avail of this arrangement, limited to 25% of the total personnel per court. Flexi-time can only commence after receiving formal approval from relevant administrative offices. All inconsistent existing guidelines are modified accordingly.
- What type of law is OCA Circular No. 150-2022?
- Guidelines on the Availment of Modified Flexible Working Hours or Flexi-Time Arrangement for the First and Second Level Courts (OCA Circular No. 150-2022) is a Philippine Supreme Court Issuances enacted by the Congress of the Philippines.
- When was Guidelines on the Availment of Modified Flexible Working Hours or Flexi-Time Arrangement for the First and Second Level Courts enacted?
- Guidelines on the Availment of Modified Flexible Working Hours or Flexi-Time Arrangement for the First and Second Level Courts (OCA Circular No. 150-2022) was enacted on Jun 13, 2022.
- What is the citation for Guidelines on the Availment of Modified Flexible Working Hours or Flexi-Time Arrangement for the First and Second Level Courts?
- Guidelines on the Availment of Modified Flexible Working Hours or Flexi-Time Arrangement for the First and Second Level Courts, OCA Circular No. 150-2022, Jun 13, 2022 (Philippines)
Law Information
- Reference Number
- OCA Circular No. 150-2022
- Date Enacted
- Category
- Supreme Court Issuances
- Subcategory
- Office of the Court Administrator Circulars
- Jurisdiction
- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
Full Law Text
June 13, 2022
OCA CIRCULAR NO. 150-2022
| TO | : | All Judges and Court Personnel of First and Second Level Courts |
| SUBJECT | : | Guidelines on the Availment of Modified Flexible Working Hours or Flexi-Time Arrangement for the First and Second Level Courts |
In line with the approval of the Honorable Chief Justice Alexander G. Gesmundo for the implementation of the Modified Flexible Working Hours or Flexi-Time Arrangement for the offices of the Supreme Court effective June 1, 2022, the following guidelines shall be observed in the application for flexi-time of court personnel of the first and second level courts:
1. All requests for flexi-time arrangement must have the recommending approval of the Executive Judges and/or Presiding Judges for the lower court employees in the Office of the Clerk of Court and the court branches, respectively, and shall be submitted to the Employees' Leave Division (ELD), Office of Administrative Services (OAS), Office of the Court Administrator (OCA), for appropriate action;
2. The flexi-time allowable shall be as follows:
a. For National Capital Judicial Region:
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Monday to Friday |
7:30 A.M. to 11:30 A.M. |
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12:00 Noon to 4:00 P.M. |
b. Outside National Capital Judicial Region:
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Monday to Friday |
7:30 A.M. to 11:30 A.M. |
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12:30 Noon to 4:30 P.M. |
3. The requests for flexible working hours or flexi-time arrangement must contain a valid and justifiable reason for flexi-time arrangement;
4. The employees who will avail of the flexi-time arrangement must not exceed twenty-five (25%) n of the total number of incumbent personnel per court;
5. Only those with Salary Grades 24 and below will be authorized to go on flexible time arrangement since those of Salary Grades 25 and above are already considered supervisory and managerial positions; and
6. The flexi-time working arrangement may begin only after the receipt of notice of approval from the ELD, OAS, OCA.
All other existing guidelines which are inconsistent herewith are modified accordingly.
For your guidance and strict compliance.
(SGD.) RAUL B. VILLANUEVACourt Administrator
n Note from the Publisher: Copied verbatim from the official document.
Cite This Law
Guidelines on the Availment of Modified Flexible Working Hours or Flexi-Time Arrangement for the First and Second Level Courts, OCA Circular No. 150-2022, Jun 13, 2022 (Philippines)
Guidelines on the Availment of Modified Flexible Working Hours or Flexi-Time Arrangement for the First and Second Level Courts, OCA Circular No. 150-2022 (Phil. 2022)
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