Consultants cannot direct offices
BAYAMBANG – Government agencies and local government will be violating the Civil Service rules and policies if their appointed consultants are made to head a unit or an office.
The warning was aired by Civil Service Commission Provincial Director John Rivera even as he pointed out those local government units they are not prohibited under the local government code from hiring consultants.
The number of consultants allowed, he said, is dependent on the needs of the LGUs and the capability of the same to hire consultants.
Hence, LGUs can hire as many consultants depending on their needs and the expertise that can be tapped provided they have the money to pay for the same.
“Consultants, as it connotes, are being taken in by heads of offices, like the mayors, so the relationship is between the consultants and the hiring officer or the mayor only,” he said.
What he said is expressly prohibited under the local government code and under the rules and policies of the CSC is for consultants to supervise employees of the LGUs with whom they have no relationship.
Rivera issued the clarification amid reports that a number of mayors and heads of offices have tapped consultants to head units and offices of their agencies.
He stressed, however, that there is only limited relationship between the consultants and the hiring officers.
He cited as irregular the practice of consultants issuing memos directly orders to employees.
A report showed that consultants of one LGU receive P10,000 to P20,000 a month as fees.
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