SENATE Majority Leader Joel Villanueva renewed his call for the government to provide security of tenure by absorbing qualified workers hired under temporary arrangements.
Villanueva: Regularize contractual govt workers
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.
”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., This news data comes from:http://kfakc.erlvyiwan.com
Villanueva: Regularize contractual govt workers
- 20 people missing after deadly Indonesia protests
- Nartatez vows fair assignments, better resource management as new PNP chief
- Ukraine offers to co-produce drones with Philippines for maritime patrols
- Emma Tiglao crowned Miss Grand PH 2025
- Marcos orders lifestyle check on all govt officials amid flood projects probe
- Pope Leo: We must listen first before speaking
- Marcos to youth: Help in nation-building
- MMDA inks deal with DBM for G-3 program
- Bolsonaro verdict looms as Brazil coup trial closes
- SKorea’s Lee in Tokyo to show friendship
