OCSC

The Civil Service Commission (CSC) is a committee body appointed by the His Majesty the King. Its authority and duties are to make proposals and give advice to the Cabinet concerning policies and standards of managing public human resource as well as to formulate civil service human resource management policies, rules, regulations and directives in accordance with the Civil Service Act.

The CSC is comprised of five commissioners ex officio, five elected commissioners and five to seven academic specialists from related fields. The ex officio Committee Commissioners are: the Prime Minister or Deputy Prime Minister authorized by the Prime Minister as Chairperson; the Permanent - Secretary to the Ministry of Finance; the Director of the Bureau of Budget; the Secretary - General of the National Economics and Social Development Board; and the Secretary - General of the Civil Service Commission as Commissioner and Secretary.

The authority and duties of the Civil Service Commission are to:

Section 8. The CSC shall have the following powers and duties:

(1) to make proposals and advise the Council of Ministers on public human resource management policies and strategies with respect to standard for remuneration, management and development of human resource, as well as the manpower planning and other matters, which are to be adopted as operational guidelines for government agencies;

(2) to report to the Council of Ministers with respect to considerations for the appropriate revision of salaries, positional allowances, subsistence supplements, welfare or other fringe benefits for government officials;

(3) to prescribe rules, procedures and standards for the management and development of human resources of civil officials to be adopted as operational guidelines for government agencies;

(4) to approve the manpower framework of government agencies;

(5) to issue CSC Regulations and rules governing human resource management in pursuance of this Act, including to give advice or guidelines for the performance of functions under this Act; a CSC Regulation shall come into force upon approval by the Council of Ministers and publication in the Government Gazette;

(6) to give interpretations and rulings on problems arising from the application of this Act, including to lay down practice guidelines for problem cases; a resolution of the CSC under this subsection shall be enforceable under the law upon approval by the Council of Ministers;

(7) to supervise, oversee, monitor, inspect and evaluate the human resource management of civil officials in ministries and departments in order to maintain fairness and human resource management standards, including to inspect and monitor the performance of functions under this Act; in this regard, the CSC shall have the power to summon documents and evidence from government agencies, or to summon representatives of government agencies, officials or other persons to give statements of facts, and the power to issue rules requiring ministries and departments to file reports on human resource management of civil officials within their scope of authority with the CSC;

(8) to formulate policies and issue rules concerning King’s scholarships and government scholarships so as to correspond with human resource management policies with respect to government officials, as well as to assign scholarship recipients to government services in ministries and departments or State agencies upon completion of studies;

(9) to issue directives or rules pertaining to the provision of education, supervision and assistance to public personnel, King’s scholars, government scholars and private students under care of the CSC, including to collect service fees for the supervision and administration of education; in this regard, services fees for the supervision and administration of education shall be deemed as revenues of a government agency providing publicly beneficial services under the law on budgetary procedures;

(10) to prescribe rules and procedures for accrediting the credentials of holders of degrees, vocational certificates or other credentials for the purpose of instatement and appointment as civil officials, and to determine the salary rates or remuneration as well as the position levels and categories for such credentials;

(11) to determine rates of fees for the performance of functions pertaining to human resource management under this Act;

(12) to consider the installment of a personnel record system and the alteration of personnel records with respect to the date of birth, and the control of retirement by age of civil officials;

(13) to carry out other duties as provided in this Act and other laws.
In issuing a CSC Regulation under (5), in the case where it is deemed appropriate, the Office of the Civil Service Commission shall also consult the relevant ministries in conjunction with the considerations of the CSC.

The Civil Service Commission performs its responsibilities through implementing organizations or commissions that act on its behalf. These entities are: