CSC lowers penalty for unliquidated cash

BAGUIO CITY – The Civil Service Commission is now applying a less harsher penalty on unliquidated cash advances of government employees.

Conforming with Supreme Court jurisprudence, instead of charging government employees who fail to report his/her cash advances from P50,000 and above with an administrative offense that could cost the employee’s dismissal from service, the CSC is now only penalizing erring employees for simple neglect of duty and will only cost a one-month and one-day to 6 months suspension for the first offense.

               

Effective since June 20, 2012, the CSC is reminding government employees that Memorandum Circular 12, Series 2012 is applying leniency and compassionate justice and resolved to provide a lesser offense of simple neglect of duty.

               

CSC Cordillera Director Fernando Porio said “after being confronted with actual cases of failure to liquidate cash advances, the CSC will only recommend for dismissal on the second offense.

CSC Resolution 12-00103 issued in January this year amends CSC Resolution 04-0676, particularly Rule 5 issued on June 17, 2004 “for the purpose of conforming with Supreme Court jurisprudence,” Porio said.