SENATE Majority Leader Joel Villanueva renewed his call for the government to provide security of tenure by absorbing qualified workers hired under temporary arrangements.
The senator was referring to job order (JO) and contract of service (COS) employees, considering that there are available plantilla positions in their respective organizations.
He made the appeal during the Development Budget Coordination Committee (DBCC) presentation of the 2026 National Expenditure Program before the Senate Committee on Finance on Monday., This news data comes from:http://www.771bg.com
Villanueva: Regularize contractual govt workers
Villanueva expressed alarm at the steady rise of “endo” (end of contract) workers in government, reaching 939,771 JOs and COS workers in 2024. This figure was on top of the estimated 2 million permanent positions in government.
”Despite raising this concern every year for the past nine years, this practice is still ongoing,” Villanueva said.
Budget Secretary Amenah Pangandaman assured Villanueva that the DBCC is prioritizing providing plantilla positions to qualified JOs and COS employees in the implementation of the recently signed law on optimizing the bureaucracy.
- Opponents of Japan PM seek leadership contest
- Indonesia hosts annual US-led combat drills with Indo-Pacific allies
- Hontiveros wants Senate to probe Chinese who pretended to be Filipino
- PNP chief supports lowering age of discernment
- Pagasa sees cyclone-free week across PH
- Mexican boxer Chavez Jr. released from prison pending trial
- Some areas in Metro Manila, Bulacan to have brownouts due to maintenance work
- Public Works chief to press criminal charges against Bulacan engineer
- NATIONAL ARTIST'S HOMETOWN
- Gloria Arroyo files bill to empower Office of the Vice President
