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• DICIPLINARY ACTION - IS A PEPRIMAND AND OR CORRECTIVE ACTION IN RSPONSE TO EMPLOYEE MISCONDUCT, RULE VIOLATION, OR POOR PERFORMANCE.
• REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7160 - GROUNDS FOR DISCIPLINARY ACTION
• SECTION 60. GROUNDS FOR DISCIPLINARY ACTIONS - An elective local official may be disciplined, suspended, or removed from office on any of the following grounds
• What are the Grounds of Discplinary Actions?

  1. Disloyalty to the republic of the Philippines
  2. Culpable violation of the constitution
  3. Abuse of authority
  4. Dishonesty, oppression, misconduct in office, gross negligence, or dereliction of duty;
  5. Commission of any offense involving moral turpitude or an offense punishable by at least prision mayor;
• SECTION 61. - FORM OF FILING OF ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLAINTS
• SECTION 62 - NOTICE OF HEARING
• Within seven (7) days after the administrative complaint is filed, the Office of the President or the sanggunian concerned, as the case may be, shall require the respondent to submit his verified answer within fifteen (15) days from receipt thereof, and commence the investigation of the case within ten (10) days after receipt of such answer of the respondent.
• no investigation shall be held within ninety (90) days immediately prior to any local election, and no preventive suspension shall be imposed within the said period. If preventive suspension has been imposed prior to the 90-day period immediately preceding local election, it shall be deemed automatically lifted upon the start of aforesaid period
• Section 63 -PREVENTIVE SUSPENSION
• Preventive suspension may be imposed:

  (1) By the President, if the respondent is an elective official of a province, a highly urbanized or an independent component city;

  (2) By the governor, if the respondent is an elective official of a component city or municipality; or

  (3) By the mayor, if the respondent is an elective official of the barangay.
• any single preventive suspension of local elective officials shall not extend beyond sixty (60) days: Provided, further, That in the event that several administrative cases are filed against an elective official, he cannot be preventively suspended for more than ninety (90) days within a single year on the same ground or grounds existing and known at the time of the first suspension.
• SECTION 64 - SALARY OF RESPONDENT PENDING SUSPENSION
• SECTION 65 - RIGHTS OF THE RESPONDENT
• SECTION 66 - FORM AND NOTICE OF DECISION
•  The investigation of the case shall be terminated within ninety (90) days from the start thereof. Within thirty (30) days after the end of the investigation, the Office of the President or the sanggunian concerned shall render a decision in writing stating clearly and distinctly the facts and the reasons for such decision. Copies of said decision shall immediately be furnished the respondent and all interested parties
• SECTION 67 -ADMINISTRATIVE APPEALS
• SECTION 68 - EXECUTION PENDING APPEAL