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JOANNA GENOVIVA P.
LORENZO LAGAHIT
________________________
REPORTER
Disciplinary action against
appointive local officials and
employees
(1) Administrative discipline
(2) Preventive suspension
(3) Administrative investigation
(4) Disciplinary jurisdiction
(5) Execution pending appeal
Disciplinary jurisdiction of the
Civil Service Commission
The Civil Service Commission has jurisdiction over
all employees of Government branches, subdivisions,
instrumentalities, and agencies, including government-
owned or controlled corporations with original
characters. As the Commission on Elections is the sole
judge of all election cases and the Commission on
Audit, with respect to government accounts, the Civil
Service Commission is the single arbiter of all
controversies pertaining to civil service positions in the
government service, whether career or non-career.
Preventive suspension
b. As to nature
1. Preventive suspension is not a penalty but a mere
protective measure so that the officer or employee who is
charged may be separated from the scene of his alleged
misfeasance while the same is being investigated to insure
proper and impartial conduct of an investigation. Preventive
suspension is distinct from the administrative penalty of
removal from office.
Suspension and removal distinguished
c. As to time of imposition
1. Suspension, not being a penalty, may be imposed
pending investigation. Removal, being a penalty, is meted
upon termination of the investigation or final termination of
the case.
Schedule of administrative penalties
a. Administrative penalties are classified into grave, less grave, and
light offenses.
b. Penalties for Grave Offenses
1. Dismissal
a. Dishonesty
b. Gross neglect of duty
c. Grave misconduct
d. Being notoriously undesirable
e. Conviction of a crime involving moral turpitude
f. Falsification of official document
g. Physical or mental incapacity or disability due to
vicious habits
h. Engaging, directly or indirectly, in partisan political
activities by one holding a non-political office
i. Receiving for personal use of a fee, gift or other
valuable thing in the course of official duties when given
with hope or expectation of receiving a favor or
better treatment or committing acts in violation of an anti-graft law
Schedule of
administrative penalties
j. Contracting loans of money or other property from
persons with whom the office of the employee has
business relations
k. Soliciting or accepting, directly or indirectly, any
gift, gratuity, etc. in the course of his official duties or in
connection with any operation being regulated by, or
any transaction which may be affected by the functions
of his office
l. Disloyalty to the Republic of the Philippines and
the Filipino people
Schedule of administrative penalties
2. Suspension from 6 months and 1 day to 1 year for
the first offense, and dismissal for the second offense
a. Oppression
b. Disgraceful and immoral conduct
c. Inefficiency and incompetence in the
performance of official duties
d. Frequent, unauthorized absences and tardiness
In reporting for duty, loafing or frequent unauthorized
absences from duty during regular office hours
e. Refusal to perform official duty
f. Gross insubordination
g. Conduct grossly prejudicial to the best interest of
service
h. Owning, controlling, managing or accepting
employment as officer, employee, consultant, counsel,
broker, agent, trustee, or nominee in any private
enterprise regulated, supervised, or licensed by his
office
Schedule of
administrative penalties
i. Engaging in the private practice of profession, unless
authorized by the Constitution
j. Disclosing or misusing confidential or classified
information officially know to him by reason of his office and
not made available to the public
k. Obtaining or using any statement filed under the Code
of Conduct and Ethical Standards for Public Officials
and Employees for any purpose contrary to morals or
public policy
2. Exceptions:
a. Officials removable by impeachment
b. Members of Congress
c. Members of the Judiciary