RENDITION OF OVERTIME SERVICES

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Pursuant to CSC-DBM Joint Circular No. 1, dated November 25, 2015, the DNSC President is granted the flexibility to authorize the rendition of overtime services and the payment thereof, either through Compensatory Time Off (CTO) for Plantilla Personnel and Overtime Pay for Job Order and Contract of Service Personnel.

a. All employees shall be entitled to overtime services, provided they have an approved overtime workload program, and shall be authorized only when necessary.

b. As a general rule, plantilla personnel shall be compensated for overtime services through Compensatory Time Off (CTO) in accordance with the guidelines under the CSC-DBM Joint Circulars No. 2, s.2004 and No. 2-A, s. 2005. For Job Order and Contract of Service employees, remuneration for overtime services shall be paid in cash through overtime pay

c. The rendition of overtime services may be authorized beyond 8 work hours of regular workdays or 40 hours a week, and those rendered on rest days or scheduled days off, holidays, and special non-working days, exclusive of one-hour rest for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. The priority activities that may warrant the rendition of necessary overtime services may include the following:

c.1. Seasonal work, such as but not limited to:

c.1.1 Quality Assurance activities (ISO, AACCUP, COPC, PQA, and QA activities);

c.1.2 completion of infrastructure and other projects with set deadlines when, due to unforeseen events, the deadline cannot meet without resorting to overtime work;

c.1.3 preparation of budgets and annual reports to meet scheduled deadlines;

c.1.4 preparation of financial and accountability reports with set deadlines and  required by oversight agencies like Congress of the Philippines, Office of the President, Commission on Audit (COA), Department of Budget and Management (DBM), National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) and Commission on Higher Education (CHED);

c.1.5  Board of Trustees (BOT) Activities: From Board Executive Committee (BEC) meeting and BOT meeting;

c.1.6 preparation for Institutional Activities (Charter Day, Intramurals, Recognition and Graduation Rites, Philippine Civil Service Anniversary Celebration, Research Congress and other similar activities; and

c.1.7 such other activities as are needed to meet performance targets or deliver service to the public as may be determined by the agency head.

d. Actual rendition of overtime services can only be availed one (1) week or two (2) before the scheduled/deadline of activities;

e. The SUC President is authorized to approve the rendition of overtime services and grants the following flexibilities:

e.1 determination of the priority activities that may warrant the rendition of overtime services and the timing and duration thereof;

e.2 determination of employees who may be authorized to render overtime services; and

e.3 determination of the number of hours of overtime services.