REVENUE MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR NO. 84-2007 issued on December 11, 2007 circularizes the full text of Civil Service Commission (CSC) Memorandum Circular No. 13, Series 2007, amending Section 63, Rule XVI of the Omnibus Rules on Leave, CSC Memorandum Circular Nos. 41 and 14, Series of 1998 and 1999, respectively.

            The Civil Service Commission, pursuant to CSC Resolution No. 07-0631 dated April 10, 2007, amends Section 63, Rule XVI of the Omnibus Rules on Leave to read as follows: 

“Sec. 63. Effect of absences without approved leave. – An official or employee who is continuously absent without approved leave for at least thirty (30) working days shall be considered on absence without official leave (AWOL) and shall be separated from the service or dropped from the rolls without prior notice. However, when it is clear under the obtaining circumstances that the official or employee concerned, has established a scheme to circumvent the rule by incurring substantial absences though less than thirty working (30) days 3x in a semester, such that a pattern is already apparent, dropping from the rolls without notice may likewise be justified. 

If the number of unauthorized absences incurred is less than thirty (30) working days, a written Return-to-Work Order shall be served to him at his last known address on record. Failure on his part to report for work within the period stated in the Order shall be a valid ground to drop him from the rolls.“