SBN-1045 - Senate

SEC. 24. The Office for Legal Affairs. - This office shall provide the
Commission with legal advice and assistance in the exercise of its rule-making, policy-
formulation, prosecution, quasi-judicial and other functions.
SEC. 25. The €xaminafion, Placement and Recruifmenf Office. - The
Examination, Placement and Recruitment Office (ERPO) shall take charge of
developing, enhancing, controlling, supervising and coordinating pertinent schemes in
the granting of civil service eligibility such as but not limited to administration of Civil
Service examinations. It shall also take charge of formulating programs, policies,
standards and guidelines in the certification and placement of civil service eligibles.
SEC. 26. The Personnel Policies and Standards Office. - The Personnel
Policies and Standards Office (PPSO) shall take charge of the formulation and periodic
review of qualification-, performance- and promotion-standards within the context of the
. merit and rewards policies of the various closed and open career systems.
It shall also develop policies, programs and regulations relative to performance
management, as well as the inspection and audit of personnel mechanisms in the
government agencies.
It shall administer, maintain and implement the position classification and
compensation system.
SEC.27. The Human Resource Development Office. - The Human
Resource Development Off ice (HRDO) shall formulate, administer and evaluate HRD
programs and policies relative to the development and retention of a qualified and
competent work force in the public service. It shall also be responsible for the
innovation and modeling of best-practiced development interventions to enhance
capacities and reinforce service values of public servants.
SEC. 28. The Civil Service lnsfifufe. - This office shall be responsible for
the design and administration of the Commission’s human resource development and
training programs.
SEC. 29. The Personnel Relations Office. - The Personnel Relations
Office (PRO) shall take charge of all inter- and intra-public sector union concerns such
as employee relation standards, conciliation, registration and accreditation of unions
including advocacy work. It shall also serve as the secretariat for the Public Sector
Labor Management Council (PSLMC), and conduct research and training on public
sector unionism, as well as design and develop public sector labor education programs.
SEC. 30. The Public Assisfance and lnformafion Office. - The Public
Assistance Information Office (PAIO) shall take charge of managing an effective
information exchange system between the Commission and its internal and external
publics. Its function includes maintaining strong linkages with media
institutions/practitioners as well as undertaking special projects, such as the CSC
anniversary celebration and the Honor Awards Program, necessary in carrying-out its
dual role of information dissemination as well as feedback generation on operations,
programs and thrusts of the Commission.