Regularization of Work Engagement in Government Service Act
Filed on September 23, 2025, and referred to the Committee on Civil Service, Government Reorganization and Professional Regulation and Finance; it has been pending in committee since then with no recorded action.
This bill addresses the employment status of a significant number of government workers.
The bill responds to ongoing issues of job security among government workers.
Regularization of Work Engagement in Government Service Act
This bill aims to provide permanent appointments to qualified civil servants currently under casual, contractual, or similar work arrangements in government service, ensuring their security of tenure.
Compared with current law:
Casual, contractual, and job order workers lack permanent status.
Qualified workers will receive permanent appointments after meeting service requirements.
Workers do not have civil service eligibility.
Workers will automatically receive civil service eligibility after required years of service.
The bill aims to grant permanent appointments to qualified civil servants who have been working under casual, contractual, or similar arrangements in government service, thereby ensuring their security of tenure.
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Stalled: the bill has sat in committee for over a month with no action since its referral on September 30, 2025.
No floor deliberations yet — this measure has not reached plenary. Its committee-stage actions appear under Legislative history above.
Senate Office of the farcelary TWEENTIETH CONGRESS OF THE ) REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES First Regular Session 25 SEP 23 P12:33 SENATE RECEIVED BY: S. No. 1399 Introduced by SENATOR CAMILLE VILLAR AN ACT UPHOLDING THE SECURITY OF TENURE IN GOVERNMENT SERVICE, GRANTING PERMANENT APPOINTMENT TO QUALIFIED CIVIL SERVANTS UNDER CASUAL, CONTRACTUAL, CONTRACT-OF-SERVICE, JOB ORDER AND OTHER SIMILAR WORK ARRANGEMENTS WITH THE GOVERNMENT EXPLANATORY NOTE The State affirms labor as a primary social economic force. It shall protect the rights of workers and promote their welfare. 1 The Philippine government is probably the biggest employer of workers in casual, contractual, contract-of-service, job order and other similar arrangements. As of June 30, 2024, the Philippine government has hired 676,893 job orders and 262,878 contract of service workers, comprising a total of 939,771 individuals in the government workforce.? These dedicated individuals perform indispensable roles in government operations providing efficient and essential services and lending technical and professional expertise. A number of this workforce have toiled in the government for so many years. However, up to this date, they are still employed as casual, contractual, 1 Section 18, Article II, 1987 Philippine Constitution 2 https://www.csc.gov.ph/downloads/category/484-2024
job order, and contract-of-service workers receiving lesser benefits compared to their counterpart regular employees of the government. This bill seeks to address the disparity and to recognize the efforts of these workforce who have devoted a good part of their lives in serving the government. All qualified individuals who have rendered at least five (5) years of continuous service in the case of NGAs, GOCCs with original charters and SUCs, or at least ten (10) years of continuous service in the case of LGUs, under a casual, contractual, contract-of- service, job order, or other similar work arrangement with the government agency or LGU concerned shall be appointed to permanent plantilla positions within their respective agencies. The appropriate civil service eligibility shall be granted to those who are able to meet the performance evaluation standards formulated by the Civil Service Commission in order for them to avail of the privileges granted by this proposed measure. In view of the foregoing, the immediate passage of this bill is earnestly sought. Camlecruein CAMILLE VILLAR 2.
Senate Office of the sarcretary TWENTIETH CONGRESS OF THE ) REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES First Regular Session ) 25 SEP 23 P12:33 SENATE RECEIVED BY: S. No. 1399 Introduced by SENATOR CAMILLE VILLAR AN ACT UPHOLDING THE SECURITY OF TENURE IN GOVERNMENT SERVICE, GRANTING PERMANENT APPOINTMENT TO QUALIFIED CIVIL SERVANTS UNDER CASUAL, CONTRACTUAL, CONTRACT-OF-SERVICE, JOB ORDER AND OTHER SIMILAR WORK ARRANGEMENTS WITH THE GOVERNMENT Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled: ARTICLE I GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 1. Short Title. - This Act shall be known as the "Regularization of Work
Engagement in Government Service Act".
Sec. 2. Declaration of Policy. - It is hereby declared the policy of the State to
7 uphold the right of every civil servant to security of tenure. In line with this declared 8 policy, and in recognition of the role of government employees in the delivery of 9 government services and the realization of national development, the State shall grant permanent appointment status to qualified individuals under casual, contractual, contract-of-service, job order and other similar work engagements with national government agencies (NGAs), government -owned and -controlled corporations (GOCCS) with original charters, state universities and colleges (SUCs) or local government units (LGUs).
Sec. 3. Definition of Terms. - For the purposes of this Act:
(a) Casual Appointment shall refer to an appointment issued to a person to perform essential and necessary services when there are not enough regular staff to meet the demands of the service and for emergency cases and intermittent period not exceeding one (1) year; (b) Contractual Appointment shall refer to an appointment issued to a person whose employment is in accordance with a contract to undertake locally- funded or foreign-assisted programs or projects, or to perform a specific work or a job requiring special or technical skills that are not available in the employing agency, to be accomplished within a specific period; (c) Contract of Service shall refer to the engagement of the services of a public agency or a private individual or organization as a consultant, learning service provider or technical expert to undertake a special project or a job within a specific period; (d) Contractor or Service Provider shall refer to an individual, a government agency or a private or a non-government entity that is duly-registered and recognized by authorized government agencies to provide services in their respective field of expertise or business; (e) Job Order shali refer to piece work (pakyaw) or intermittent or emergency jobs and other manual/trades and crafts services to be performed within a short duration of time and to be paid according to an agreed contract amount for the piece of work or on a daily wage basis; (f) Regular Appointment shall refer to an appointment issued based on the authorized positions found in the Plantilla of Personnel or Lump Sum appropriation under Personnel Services, or those occupying the positions in the contractual staffing pattern of the NGA or LGU concerned, duly approved by the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) and submitted to the Civil Service Commission (CSC) for attestation; and (g) Temporary Appointment shall refer to an appointment issued to a person who satisfies the requirements for the position to which the person is being appointed to, except for the appropriate civil service eligibility, which shall be valid for a period not exceeding one (1) year.
Sec. 4. Regularization of Qualified Public Sector Workers. - Subject to
2 applicable laws, rules and regulations, and provided that they shall be able to meet 3 the performance evaluation standards formulated by the Civil Service Commission, 4 qualified individuals who have rendered at least five (5) years of continuous service 5 in the case of NGAs, GOCCs with original charters and SUCs, or at least ten (10) years 6 of continuous service in the case of LGUs, under a casual, contractual, contract-of- 7 service, job order, or other similar work arrangement with the government agency or 8 LGU concerned shall be appointed to permanent plantilla positions within their respective agencies.
Sec. 5. Staffing Modifications. - The NGA, GOCC with original charter, SUC or
12 LGU concerned shall submit a request for staffing modification for the approval of the 13 DBM, taking into account the number of workers qualified for regular or temporary 14 appointment and considering further the operational requirements of the agency: 15 Provided, That in the case of LGUs, staffing modification shall be submitted to DBM 16 during its review process of the LGU budget: Provided, further, That the LGU funding 17 requirement for additional permanent plantilla items shall consider the limitations on appropriations for personnel services as provided in Section 325(a) of Republic Act No. 7160, otherwise known as the Local Government Code of 1991.
Sec. 6. Automatic Conferment of Civil Service Eligibility. - Individuals who have
rendered at least five (5) years of continuous service in the case of NGAs, GOCCS with original charters and SUCs, or at least ten (10) years of continuous service in the case of LGUs, under a casual, contractual, contract-of-service, job order, or other similar work arrangement with any government agency or LGU shall be automatically conferred with civil service eligibility commensurate to the position held or responsibilities undertaken, subject to applicable laws, rules and regulations, and performance evaluation standards to be formulated in the implementing rules and regulations.
Sec 7. Appropriations. — The amount necessary to carry out the provisions of
this Act shall be charged against the Miscellaneous Personnel Benefits Fund, and other
1 applicable current appropriations. Thereafter, the amount needed for the effective 2 implementation of this Act shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act 3 and local appropriations ordinances.
Sec. 8. Implementing Rules and Regulations. - Within ninety (90) days from
the effectivity of this Act, the CSC, DBM and DILG shall promulgate the necessary rules and regulations for the effective implementation of this Act.
Sec. 9. Separability Clause. - The provisions of this Act are hereby declared to
be separable. If any portion or provision of this Act shall be held unconstitutional, the remainder of the Act not otherwise affected thereby shall remain in full force and effect.
Sec. 10. Repealing Clause. - All laws, executive orders, rules and regulations,
or parts thereof, inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed, amended or modified accordingly.
Sec. 11. Effectivity Clause. - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after
its publication in at least two (2) national newspapers of general circulation or in the Official Gazette. Approved,
Reproduced from the Senate document. The official PDF is the authoritative version.