General Guidelines and Standards.
Section 18
SEC. 18. General Guidelines and Standards. —The following guidelines and standards shall be complied with: a. The head of a department or agency shall assign to the incumbent of a position the duties and responsibilities which were used as the basis for the classification of the position, The incumbent of a position must perform the duties and responsibilities of the position as classified. b. If upon audit the OCPC finds that an officer or employee is not performing the duties and responsibilities of the position as classified the Director of the OCPC shall inform the head of the department or agency concerned who shall institute the necessary remedial measures in accordance with existing laws, rules and regulations. c. Non-performance by an incumbent of the authorized duties and responsibilities of his position by reason of inability or incompetence on his part to carry out the same shall not be a valid basis for a reclassification of the position. Likewise, temporary work assignments shall not be a valid basis for a reclassification of the position. d. Reclassification of a position may be effected only when there is a substantial change in its duties and responsibilities and upon the certification of the Department head in agencies of the national government or the head of a government-owned or controlled corporation and financial institution and of state university or college that such new duties and responsibilities are regular and permanent in nature. e. No position covered by the Compensation and Position Classification System shall be filled unless the same shall have been classified first by the Budget Commission and the agency concerned notified of such classification.