Flexi Work Arrangement CSC – Alapan 1 Elementary School
According to CSC Resolution No. 2200209 dated last May 18, public offices shall be allowed to adopt flexible work arrangements “subject to the discretion of the head of the agency on the condition that all their stakeholders are assured of continuous delivery of services from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.”
The Civil Service Commission (CSC) has approved a resolution that allows government offices to use flexi work arrangement at any time even after a public health emergency due to the COVID-19 epidemic.
“The CSC seeks to institutionalize flexible work arrangements as part of the nationwide effort to transition from a state of public health emergency to the new normal,” the CSC said on Monday, June 5.
They also added, “It serves as a preventive measure to safeguard the health, safety and welfare of government officials and employees while ensuring the government’s continued operations and efficient delivery of public services.”
The new policy would covers 1.7 million public servants across the country, regardless of how they were hired. The commission noted that the decision serves as a “similar policy” to the private sector’s telecommuting law.
It emphasized that these new policies for public and private sectors “will change the working environment in the country.”
Operational arrangements approved under the new CSC resolution include a “flexible working environment,” in which officers and employees may be authorized to provide services outside of their office; compressed working week, in which a 40-hour work week is pressed for four days or less, instead of five days and skeleton workforce, where a small number of staff will be required to report to the office when full-staffing is not possible.
The CSC said this would take effect on June 15, exactly 15 days after its publication last May 31.
