LOCAL

GOVERNMENT
ORGANIZATIONA
L STRUCTURES
AND STAFFING
PATTERNS
HR and Development in LGUs
CSC MC
EO 138 1991 LGC No. 19, s. 1992
• “The DBM and DILG, • “Every LGU shall • Guidelines and
in coordination with design and implement Standards in the
CSC and with prior its own organizational Establishment of
consultation with the structure and staffing Organizational
LGUs through their pattern taking into Structures and Staffing
respective Leagues, consideration its service Patterns in Local
shall develop and issue requirements and Government Units
the guidelines, as may financial capability,
be necessary, to ensure subject to the minimum
the fair, orderly, and standards and
transparent guidelines prescribed by
implementation of this the CSC.” (Sec. 76)
provision (on Personnel
Options)…” (Sec. 12)
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PERSONNEL
OPTIONS (Section
12/Section 21, IRR)
OPTIONS for Affected
1
Permanent Employees
Apply for transfer to other units/offices within the department/
agency/GOCC concerned without reduction in pay

 Positions shall be coterminous with the incumbent, to be abolished

once vacated
 No diminution in basic salaries
 The forfeiture or non-grant of specific purpose allowances anchored on
the performance of particular functions or based on certain conditions
shall not constitute diminution in pay
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PERSONNEL
OPTIONS (Section
12/Section 21, IRR)
OPTIONS for Affected
Permanent
2 Employees
Apply for transfer to other units/offices within the department/
agency/GOCC in the Executive Branch without reduction in pay

 Position of the transferred personnel in the recipient agency shall be

coterminous with the incumbent, to be abolished once vacated
 Personnel who would opt to transfer but would later object to their new
assignment may apply in other agencies – transferred position shall be
abolished once vacated
 No diminution in basic salaries similar to Option 1
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PERSONNEL
OPTIONS (Section
12/Section 21, IRR)
OPTIONS for Affected
Permanent
3 Avail the retirementEmployees
and separation incentives

4
Apply to vacant positions in LGUs – considered as new entry to the civil
service and subject to LGU compensation system

 Application in LGUs subject to discretion of the LCE

 Once hired, appointee shall be subject to the compensation system in
the LGU – appointee to sign waiver
 Hiring process subject to LGC provisions and PSB evaluation
 LGUs cannot be compelled to hire affected personnel
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PERSONNEL
OPTIONS (Section
12/Section 21, IRR)
OPTIONS for Affected
PermanentAffected
Employees
employees occupying medical/ allied-medical
items may apply for transfer to a DOH-supervised
hospital of their choice

There shall be no involuntary separation, termination or

lay-off of affected permanent personnel
E O 1 3 8 (Section 15/Section 25, IRR)
PROHIBITIONS

PROHIBITION on the
Affected permanent employees who opted to retire or be separated from the
Rehiring of Personnel
government – prohibited from reemployment in any agency of the Executive
Branch

For a period of five (5) years

Except as teaching and medical staff in educational institutions and
hospitals, respectively
Reemployment in the Executive Branch within the prohibited period shall
result in refund of the separation benefits on a pro-rated basis

Prohibition does not apply to other branches of the government and in the
LGUs
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NON-PERMANENT
(Section 26, IRR)

Policy for Non-Permanent

Affected employees who were hired on casual or contractual basis for the

Employees
implementation of devolved functions may also apply to vacant positions in
the LGUs

DILG to provide list to LGUs so that LGUs can profit from the
experience and technical expertise of these personnel
Subject to LGU discretion, these personnel may be given preference in
the hiring process, after those permanent employees
CSC Memo Circular 19, s. 1992
The LGUs shall have the authority to approve their respective
organizational structures and staffing patterns (Sec. 17)

The organizational structures and staffing patterns NEED NOT BE

SUBMITTED to the CSC for approval (Sec. 17)

The LCE to submit to the CSC copy of the approved POP within 30
days from approval for purposes of appointments processing (Sec. 18)
CSC Memo Circular 19, s. 1992
Positions absorbed by Devolved permanent Pending the completion of
the LGUs from the employees shall be the new organizational
national government AUTOMATICALLY structure and staffing
agencies automatically REAPPOINTED by the pattern, the LCEs may
created upon transfer of LCE concerned assign devolved
the corresponding immediately upon their personnel to
budgetary allocation transfer divisions/sections/ units
(Sec. 22, par. 1) (Sec. 22, par. 2) where their qualifications
are best suited or
appropriate
(Sec. 22, par. 3)
CSC Memo Circular 19, s. 1992
A new organizational
structure and staffing pattern
shall be established after the
devolution has been
completed and the full
personnel complement and the
total budgetary requirements
have been determined
(Sec. 23)
CSC Memo Circular 19, s. 1992
The CSC shall act on
APPEALS of aggrieved
parties in the
implementation of
organizational structures
and staffing patterns of
LGUs
(Sec. 24)
LBC No. 137 (13 July 2021)
Index of Occupational Services, Position
Titles and Salary Grades in the Local
Government (IOS-LGU), CY 2021 Edition
Luego vs. CSC (143 SCRA 327, 1986)
… the Civil Service Commission has no power of appointment
except over its own personnel. Neither does it have the authority
to review the appointments made by other offices except only to
ascertain if the appointee possesses the required qualifications.
The determination of who among the aspirants with the
minimum statutory qualifications should be preferred
belongs to the appointing authority and not the Civil Service
Commission. It cannot disallow an appointment because it
believes another person is better qualified and much less can it
direct the appointment of its own choice.