Proposed Policy (Disciplinary Sanctions)

OFFENSE and SANCTION

1. DISHONESTY

1.1 Misinterpretation/falsification of information during job interview or in application form or submission of fake, tampered or inaccurate credentials or not giving full details about personal circumstances even if this is/these are found out while employee is already hired and even if employee is already hired and even if employee is already a regular employee.
Dismissal

1.2 Falsifying/ tampering/ padding of: time records; school, student or employee records; items for reimbursement, invoice prices, and other similar documents
Dismissal

1.3 Misuse and/or malversation of school funds
Dismissal

1.4 Misrepresentation of the schools or school officials
Dismissal

1.5 Conspiracy to commit dishonesty
Dismissal

1.6 Giving false testimony in school investigations
Dismissal

1.7 Accepting money or other favors from a supplier or any party that has dealings with the school.
Dismissal

1.8 Plagiarism, failure to acknowledge or cite sources and other forms of dishonesty in research and academic work.
Dismissal

1.9 Accepting “ghost students” or receiving pay for “ghost classes”
Dismissal

1.10 Spreading lies, half truths or unfounded claims about the school.
Dismissal


2. HABITUAL/ INEXCUSABLE ASENTEEISM/ TARDINESS/ IMPROPER USE OF OFFICIAL TIME/ ABANDONMENT

2.1 Habitual “absences”
Written Reprimand
Suspension 3 working days
Dismissal

2.2 Inexcusable absences/ absences without official leave (AWOL)

2.2.1 For two consecutive working days
Written Reprimand
Suspension 3 working days
Dismissal

2.2.2. For 3-4 consecutive working days
Written Reprimand
Suspension 5 working days
Dismissal

2.2.3. For 5 or more consecutive working days
Suspension 5 working days
Dismissal

2.3 Undertime/Tardiness

2.3.1 For non-teaching employees, five times or more in a month beyond the 10 minute grace period; or 10 times more in a month
Counseling
Written Reprimand
Suspension 3 working days
Suspension 5 working days
Dismissal

2.3.2. For teaching employees, 10 times more beyond 10 minutes each instance reckoned from the start/end of official time
Counseling
Written Reprimand
Supension 3 working days
Suspension 5 working days
Dismissal

2.4. Improper use of official time

2.4.1. Exceeding authorized break time for more than ten minutes
Counseling
Written Reprimand
Supension 3 working days
Suspension 5 working days
Dismissal

2.5 Abandonment

2.5.1. Continuous uninterrupted and unauthorized absence for more than 5 working days and failure to report to school after three days, reckoned from receipt of notice to report/explain
Dismissal

3. DERELICTION OF DUTY

3.1 Late or incomplete of grades/submission of inaccurate grades to the Department Chair during midterm and/or finals
Written Reprimand
Suspension 5 working days to one semester
Dismissal

3.2 Failure to submit bases for grades of students when these records are requested or submission of grades not following the TIP Grading system or failure to submit grades to the Department chair during midterm and/or finals periods
Suspension 5 working days to one semester
Dismissal

3.3 Making deductions and/or additions in the academic grades/ratings of students which are not based on the latter’s scholastic performance, whether for monetary gain to the faculty member or not
Suspension 5 working days to one semester
Dismissal

3.4 Allowing students without permit to take examination
Written Reprimand
Suspension 3 working days
Suspension 5 working days
Dismissal

3.5 Campaigning that students do not pay and/or do not get their permits
Dismissal

3.6 Unauthorized changing of class, room, or examination schedules
Counseling
Written Reprimand
Suspension 3 working days
Suspension 5 working days
Dismissal

3.7 Without official business, leaving work area/classroom during work/class hours like going to a neighboring office/work area/class, or standing by the door to talk to a fellow employee/teacher while one’s work/class is supposed to be going on. If an accident or an untoward incident transpires involving class members or other members of the community resulting in injury or loss of limb or death while the employee/faculty is away during work/class hours without official business, the third sanction immediately applies
Written Reprimand
Suspension 3 working days
Dismissal

3.8 Gross inefficiency and incompetence
Dismissal

3.9 Stopping work or preparing to leave work before one’s specified off time
Counseling
Written Reprimand
Suspension 5 working days
Dismissal

3.10 Sleeping during working hours
Suspension 3 working days
Dismissal

3.11 Habitual failure to file Daily Time Record
Written Reprimand
Suspension 3 working days
Suspension 5 working days
Dismissal

3.12 Making cheating possible or intimating the answers in a quiz or exam to a student or to a favored group or to the whole class whether for monetary gain to the employee/faculty or not
Dismissal

4. ABUSE OF BUILT-IN INFLUENCE INHERENT TO ONE’S POSITION
4.1 Collection of contributions, donations and other forms of illegal extractions even if students or donors/contributors volunteer these
Dismissal

4.2 Asking/receiving favors in exchange of grade adjustment even if students initiate these
Dismissal

4.3 Asking/causing students to buy items/merchandise/services even if students initiate these
Dismissal

4.4 Initiating and/or requiring students to participate in sneak parties and/or excursions, theatrical shows, plays, outings, picnics, get-together and the like, and unauthorized field trips and/or seminars, with or without a fee
Dismissal

4.5 Accepting or soliciting favors, gifts or donations, in cash or in kind, from students or their parents or from any person or outside entities.
Dismissal

4.6 Borrowing money from students/parents
Dismissal

4.7 Borrowing money from subordinates
Written Reprimand
Suspension 3 working days
Dismissal


5. INSUBORDINATION
5.1 Refusal to obey lawful orders or official directives
Dismissal

6. OFFENSES AGAINST PERSONS
6.1 Threatening a fellow employee or faculty member, a student, or school official inside or outside school premises
Dismissal

6.2 Fighting with, instigating a fight with, inflicting physical injury or bodily harm to a fellow employee or faculty member, a student, or school official inside or outside school premises, irrespective as to who started or initiated the fight
Dismissal

6.3 Defamation (libel, slander) or public imputation of a crime, vice, defect or act tending to cause dishonor or discredit to a school official, another faculty member, employee, student or visitor
Dismissal

6.4 Using profane, abusive or indecent language against a school official, another faculty member, employee, student or visitor
Dismissal

6.5 Committing criminal acts against any person, whether inside or outside the school
Dismissal

7. OFFENSES AGAINST PROPERTY AND PROPERTY RIGHTS
7.1 Mishandling or gross negligence in the use of school property
Suspension 5 working days
Dismissal

7.2 Malicious destruction of school property
Dismissal plus restitution of property

7.3 Theft/pilferage of school equipment, materials or supplies
Dismissal

8. OFFENSES AGAINST DECORUM AND MORALITY
8.1 Disorderly conduct or serious misconduct inside or outside the school campus
Suspension 5 working days
Dismissal

8.2 Indecent conduct and sexual immorality of any member of the school community in relation to another member of the school community or any outsider including homosexual activities, extramarital affairs, acts of lasciviousness, lewdness, sexual advances, sexual perversion and the like and the like inside or outside the school campus
Dismissal

8.3 Improper attire at work
Written Reprimand
Suspension 3 working days
Suspension 5 working days
Dismissal

8.4 Smoking within the campus
Written Reprimand
Suspension 3 working days
Suspension 5 working days
Dismissal

8.5 Gambling or taking part in any game of chance for money within school premises
Dismissal

8.6 Drunkenness/intoxication or intake of alcoholic drinks during office hours or arriving in the school premises under the influence of liquor or prohibited drugs or regulated drugs without prescription
Dismissal

8.7 Selling directly or indirectly through third parties, using or possessing liquor or prohibited drugs or regulated drugs without prescription
Dismissal

8.8 Sexual harassment
Dismissal

9. OFFENSES AGAINST SECURITY REGULATIONS
9.1 Disregard of safety rules and common safety practices inherent to the job
Suspension 5 working days
Dismissal

9.2 Refusal to submit one’s self and belonging for lawful inspection and/or search
Written Reprimand
Suspension 3 working days
Suspension 5 working days
Dismissal

9.3 Possession, use of, or attempting to smuggle deadly weapons/firearms explosives inside the school premises
Dismissal

10. OTHER OFFENSES
10.1 Non-compliance with laws of the land, other directives and school policies not specified in the Disciplinary Sanctions shall be dealt with on a case to case basis
At the discretion of the President