Pangelinan filed his grievances with Labor Secretary Gil San Nicolas on April 28.
But Pangelinan said he never received any reply from San Nicolas.
“I am denied and deprived the opportunity to sit down with the appointing authority to try and resolve this matter expeditiously,” he said.
He is complaining about what he describes as various violations of the personnel service system rules and regulations of the Civil Service Commission when Kaipat effected the reorganization of the department.
In his grievances filed with Franny Salas, OPM’s acting Equal Employment Opportunity Commission representative, Pangelinan said the way Kaipat reorganized personnel had a “procedural defect.”
“That should be examined by your agency,” he told Salas.
He added that Kaipat’s action was flawed, without basis and smacked of nepotism and discrimination.
Pangelinan said Kaipat failed to give competent employees opportunity to be promoted.
Instead, he said, the deputy secretary assigned career development jobs to inexperienced employees.
Pangelinan feels that his job security is threatened, but is confident that OPM will look into his complaints.
He said his case should serve as a warning to government officials abusing their authority.
He is also hoping for an amicable settlement “for the sake of all civil service employees.”
Bringing the case to federal court is among his other options, he added.
Kaipat earlier said that the reorganization “was specifically authorized by law.”
She added, “The reorganization does not add any new employees, affect any staff salary (up or down) or any staff job classification; the department has been cross-training its employees in order to deal with shortages in funding and staff.”
