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.
Section 9. In the case where the CSC passes a resolution that a
ministry, department or person performing a function under this Act has not
acted in accordance with this Act, or acted inconsistently or contrary to the
guidelines laid down by this Act, the CSC shall notify such ministry,
department or person to carry out remedies, rescind or terminate such acts
within the prescribed period. In the case where such ministry, department or
person fails to comply with the CSC resolution within the prescribed period
without reasonable grounds, such Permanent Secretary, Director-General or
person, as the case may be, shall be deemed to be in breach of discipline.
Disciplinary procedures under paragraph one and punishment
orders shall be the powers and duties of the CSC pursuant to the rules,
procedures and conditions prescribed by CSC Regulation.
In the case where the person in breach of CSC resolution under
paragraph one is the Minister in Charge, the CSC shall report to the Prime
Minister to consider to proceed further appropriate orders.
Section 10. In the case where the CSC is of the opinion that
human resource management with respect to a matter which all or certain types
of government officials should be subject to central standards or rules, the CSC
shall hold a meeting for joint consultation among a representative of the CSC,
representative of the Public Sector Development Commission and
representatives of the relevant central personnel administration body for
various types of government officials in order to prescribe central standards or
rules for human resource management on such matters and make a proposal to
the Council of Ministers. Upon approval of the Council of Ministers, such
central standard or rules shall apply to all or such types of government officials,
as the case may be.
The provisions of paragraph one shall also apply mutatis
mutandis to problems relating to public human resource management
procedures on any particular matter.
Section 11. The provisions on committees authorized to carry
out administrative proceedings under the law on administrative procedures
shall apply mutatis mutandis to the meetings of the CSC, except for the case of
section 36 paragraph two.
Section 12. The CSC is empowered to appoint a special subcommission,
abbreviated “Special CSSC”, to act on its behalf.
The numbers, qualifications, rules and procedures for the
appointment of the Special CSSC, including recruitment procedures, terms of
office and retirement from office shall be as prescribed by CSC Regulation.
Section 13. There shall be an Office of the Civil Service
Commission, abbreviated “OCSC” with the Secretary-General of the CSC as
the superior official in charge of the officials and administration of the OCSC,
directly accountable to the Prime Minister.
The OCSC shall have the following powers and duties:
(1) to act for the CSC and MSPC in the performance of their
official functions and to perform other duties as assigned by the CSC or MSPC;
(2) to make proposals and give advice to ministries and
departments in relation to the rules, procedures and guidelines for public
human resource management;
(3) to develop, promote, analyze and conduct researches in
relation to policies, strategies, systems, rules, procedures and standards on the
human resource management of civil officials;
(4) to monitor and evaluate the human resource management of
civil officials;
(5) to carry out acts in relation to manpower planning of civil
officials;
(6) to be the center of database on public human resources;
(7) to prepare strategies, to coordinate and to carry out acts in
relation to the human resources development of government officials;
(8) to promote, coordinate, disseminate, provide consultation and
advice and carry out acts in relation to the provision of welfare and the
enhancement of quality of life for public human resources;
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