CHAPTER 4 SECTION 1

OF DECS SERVICE
MANUAL 2000

Chapter 4.

Administrative Discipline
In any organization , a kind of discipline must
be present in order that subordinates can
willingly carry out the instruction of their
superiors and abide by established and known
rules of conduct in the organization. It shall be
the result of constructive, positive leadership,
exercised with the framework of a clear,
consistent disciplinary policy is mainly the task
of the Secretary

The primary objectives of discipline

are:
Instill upon the minds of the organization
that coordination and cooperation are the
main concerns of good government in order
that its aims and purposes may be truly
attained.

Encourage the provision of the basic

conditions that make for good
discipline so that employees shall
seldom break the rules, are selfdisciplined, and respond better to
reward than to punishment
Instill good teamwork and effective
group work exercising disciplinary
pressure on any of their members who
fails to measure up to the expected
standards of conduct and
workmanship.

Disciplining
Authorities
The right or power to discipline
subordinates, officers and employees in
any government office is exercised by the
person who have the direct or indirect
supervision over them.

The power to discipline is an

inherent right and duty in every
organization for without it, the very
aims for which it was
organized
cannot truly achieved. And in the
exercise
of
this
power,
the
administrators find themselves bound
by restrictive legislation.

Absence without
approved
leave
a) An officer or
an employee

who is
continuously absent without approved
leave (AWOL) for at least thirty (30)
working days shall be separated from the
service or dropped from the rolls without
prior notice. He shall however be
informed of his separation from the
service not later than five (5) days from
its effectivity which shall be sent to the
address appearing on his 201 files or his
last known address; and

b) If the number of unauthorized

absences incurred is less than thirty (30)
working days, a written Return-to-Work
Order shall served on the official or
employee at his last known address on
record. Failure on his part to report for
work within the period stated in the
order shall be a valid ground to drop him
from the rolls.

Section 8.

Attendance and Work

Hours
8.1
All government officials and

employees are required to render eight

(8) working hours a day for five (5)
working days a week or a total of forty
(40) hours a week, exclusive of time
for lunch.

Teachers, however, shall render six(6)

working hours of actual teaching and
spend the remaining two (2) hours to
complete the required eight (8) hours
daily service in preparing lesson plans and
instructional devices or rendering other
non-teaching services.
Timecards shall be placed on the
racks all the time.

Chapter 3. Employee Welfare,

Benefits, Incentives, Recognition

and Awards
Every employee is expected to perform
his/her duties and responsibility with
efficiency
and
effectiveness.
The
government,
acknowledging
the
employees performance, in return, grants
benefits and other welfare assistance.

Section 1. Leave Privileges

1.1 Leave of Absence

In general, appointive officials up to the level

of heads of executive departments, heads of
departments, undersecretaries and employees of
the government whether permanent, temporary
or casual who render work during the prescribed
office hours, shall be entitled to 15 days vacation
and 15 days sick leave annually with full pay
exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays, and public
holidays, without limitation as to the number of
days of vacation and sick leave that they may
accumulate.

1.2 Maternity Leave

Married women in the government service
who have rendered an aggregate of two (2)
or more years of service shall, in addition to
the vacation and sick leave granted them,
be entitled to maternity leave of sixty (60)
calendar days with full pay.

1.2.2 In case of those in the teaching

profession, maternity benefits can be
availed of even if the period of delivery
occurs during the long vacation, in
which case, both maternity benefits and
the proportional vacation pay shall be
received by the teacher concerned.

1.2.3
Maternity leave of those who
have rendered one (1) year or more but
less that two (2) years of service shall
be computed in proportion to their
length of service, provided that those
who have served for less than one (1)
year shall be entitled to 60-days
maternity with half pay.