(NAR) VOL. 26 NO. 1/ JANUARY - MARCH 2015
b.1 | "Regular recruitment and placement shall commence when all incumbents are placed to the same or comparable positions in the approved rationalized staffing pattern"; |
b.2 | "The agency may perform the preliminary processes of screening and assessment prior to the issuance of the NOSCA by the DBM. |
| The agency shall use the indicative staffing pattern included in the approved RP as reference for placement of personnel to comparable positions"; and |
b.3 | "The agency may also conduct the screening and assessment processes for residual vacant positions after placement to comparable positions. However, the agency shall wait for the issuance of the NOSCA by the DBM prior to the issuance of appointment for said positions". |
c.1 | There should be a justified need for the continued services to the department; |
c.2 | For agency-type functions such as utility, building and grounds maintenance, messengerial, security and transportation/mobility, the COS/JO staff may be pooled together and considered as shared services of offices; |
c.3 | For functions identified to be performed by regular plantilla items, COS/JO personnel may be allowed to perform the functions. However, heads of offices will not be allowed to fill up the regular plantilla items; |
c.4 | Hiring under COS/JO arrangement shall be subject to the availability of existing MOOE funds and to existing government budgeting, accounting and auditing rules and regulations; and |
c.5 | Service contract shall follow the existing guidelines on hiring COS and JO employees, i.e. "no work, no pay" basis, no employer- employee relationship. |