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, This news data comes from:http://xafhqbae.705-888.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.
- Marcos orders 'sweeping review' of DPWH budget under 2026 NEP
- Nepali court: Hindu holy men's nudity not obscene
- DOTr denies ordering shutdown of online selling platforms
- Comelec delays implementation of decision disqualifying Duterte Youth Party-List
- Konektadong Pinoy bill lapses into law
- Judge reverses Trump administration's cuts of billions of dollars to Harvard University
- LPA off Leyte has low chance of becoming cyclone within 24 hours —Pagasa
- MMDA inks deal with DBM for G-3 program
- Zelenskyy: Russia trying to 'wriggle out' of peace talks
- May 12 poll results accurate, credible - OCTA Research
