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.
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., This news data comes from:http://gyglfs.com
”Despite raising this concern every year for the past nine years, this practice is still ongoing,” Villanueva said.
Villanueva: Regularize contractual govt workers
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.
- Pagasa monitors 2 LPAs inside PAR; prevailing 'habagat' brings rain across PH
- Taiwan: China illegally deploying oil rigs in its waters
- UN force in Lebanon slams Israeli drone attack on peacekeepers
- LBC Express Holdings top executive to retire in Oct.
- Heavy rain falls in parts of Southeast Asia after tropical storm blows into Vietnam Heavy rain falls in parts of Southeast Asia after tropical storm blows into Vietnam
- BIR to audit contractors flagged for ghost flood projects for tax fraud — BIR
- ChatGPT to get parental controls after teen's death
- Mandela grandson says he will join Gaza aid boat
- Oil firms to hike pump prices Tuesday
- Vietnam evacuates thousands ahead of Typhoon Kajiki
