CREATING TASK FORCES TO PREPARE A PERSONNEL MANUAL AND A FINANCIAL INTERNAL CONTROL MANUAL FOR THE SUPREME COURT AND THE LOWER COURTS

To ensure effective, efficient and expeditious official actions on personnel and financial matters, it is necessary to promulgate (1) Personnel Manual and (2) Manual for. Financial Internal Control for the Supreme Court and the lower courts which shall rationalize and streamline the guidelines/procedures in such
matters.

The Personnel Manual may contain chapters on the following:

1. Constitutional and statutory history and powers and functions of the Supreme Court and the lower courts
2. Personnel policies and procedures in recruitment, employment, and filling up of vacancies
3. Nature and status of appointments and their effectivity
4. Revocation of appointments
5. Selection and Promotions Board
6. Employees’ personal records
7. Office attendance and overtime services
8. Leaves
9. Office decorum
10. Administrative discipline
11. Training programs
12. Performance evaluation system
13. Rules on the adjustment of complaints and grievances
14. Official documents, transactions and communications and records
15. Use of equipment and facilities
16. Property accountability
17. Office control and security measures
18. Employees’ benefits, privileges and services
19. Official travel
20. Employees’ organizations and activities, etc.

The Manual for Financial Internal Control may contain chapters on the following matters:

1. Cash
2. Property
3. Expenditures and disbursements
4. Internal audit unit
5. Budgeting system
6. Internal reporting system, etc.

For these purposes, the following Task Forces are hereby created which Khali be responsible in the preparation of the Manuals.

TASK FORCE ON PERSONNEL MANUAL

TASK FORCE ON INTERNAL FINANCIAL CONTROL MANUAL

Each Chairman is authorized to designate a Secretary, Assistant Secretary and an aide who must be employees of any of the offices of the Supreme Court.

To expedite the preparation of the Manuals, the Task Forces may use as guide the Personnel Manual and Manual for Financial Internal Control adopted by the COMELEC when the Chief Justice was its Chairman. Copies thereof shall be furnished the Task Forces.

The Task Forces shall submit the drafts of the Manuals on or before 29n February 2000.

15 November 1999.