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://icrw.771bg.com
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.
Villanueva: Regularize contractual govt workers
- Afghan quake death toll surges to over 2,200
- Customs preparing report on Discayas’ 28 luxury cars
- French couple kept panther that roamed nearby rooftops
- Putin and Modi in China for summit hosted by Xi
- Marcos to create independent commission to investigate flood control anomalies
- Wawao Builders exec ‘not sure’ if company has flood control project in Bulacan
- Thai opposition holds kingmaking summit deciding new PM
- DILG denies allegations that PNP chief fired over firearms deal
- Former PNP chief Torre III offered new government post
- Macron says 26 countries pledge troops as a reassurance force for Ukraine after war ends
