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.
Villanueva: Regularize contractual govt workers
”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, This news data comes from:http://jg-noe-sjod-rl.705-888.com
- Plea written in blood saves Chinese woman trapped in locked room
- Leviste files charges against DPWH engineer who tried to bribe him
- Roxas matriarch, 91
- Comelec en banc upholds cancelation of Duterte Youth Party-List registration
- Marcos Jr. seeks 'fair, impartial' Ombudsman - Palace
- Sara says govt corruption probe a 'zarzuela,' plans to meet Robredo im Bicol festival
- Suspect in 2012 killing of Dutch aid worker freed
- Mayor Sotto slams Discayas, cites lies, ghost firms, and kickback allegations
- Philippine forces deliver supplies and personnel to disputed South China Sea shoal despite tensions
- DMW: 19 distressed OFWs return home from Jeddah
