Gov’t workers warned vs tardiness
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) has warned local government employees against habitual tardiness, absenteeism and loafing from duty, for which they could face public sanctions.
Interior Secretary Ismael Sueno said local government employees have to shape up as the DILG and local government units would strictly monitor observance of government hours.
“The government catalyzes change. Ang gobyerno ang nagbibigay daan sa tunay
na pagbabago. How can that be possible if government employees are not reporting to work or are habitually absent or tardy? We should not shortchange the taxpayers,” Sueno said.
In a directive, Sueno rallied all local chief executives to monitor strict compliance of all public officers and employees within their respective jurisdictions.
“It is not only monetary corruption and red- tape that we must clean the government from, but just as important is cleaning the acts of government employees,” he said.
Under the Omnibus Rules Implementing Book V of Executive Order No. 292, officers and employees of all departments and agencies, except those covered by special laws, shall render not less than eight hours of work a day for five days a week or a total of forty hours a week, exclusive of lunch break.
Officers and employees who have incurred tardiness and under-time regardless of the number of minutes per day, ten times a month for two consecutive months in a semester, shall be subject to disciplinary action.
Frequent unauthorized absences or habitual absenteeism, tardiness in reporting for duty, and loafing from duty during regular office hours are grave offenses punishable by suspension of six months and one day to one year for the first offense and dismissal from the service for the second offense.
Frequent unauthorized tardiness or habitual tardiness is a light offense punishable by reprimand for the first offense, suspension of one to 30 days for the second offense, and dismissal from the service for the third. It is committed when an official or employee incurs tardiness, regardless of the number of minutes, 10 times a month for at least two months in a semester or at least two consecutive months during the year.
Strict monitoring
In the case of barangays, they will be submitting a list of their delinquent or non- complying public officers and
employees on a quarterly basis ( April, July, October and January) to their respective city or municipal mayors, copy furnished the city or municipal DILG Local Government Operations Officers or city directors.
Meanwhile, municipalities or component cities will be reporting to their respective provincial governors, copy furnished their DILG provincial directors.
As for highly urbanized cities, independent component cities and/ or provincial governments, they will be submitting a quarterly report to their DILG regional directors, copy furnished the DILG secretary.