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.
”Despite raising this concern every year for the past nine years, this practice is still ongoing,” Villanueva said.
Villanueva: Regularize contractual govt workers, This news data comes from:http://www.705-888.com
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.
- MPD announces road closures for Bar exams
- Japan prince comes of age as succession crisis looms
- Sen. Go files bills to push health, social, and labor reforms
- Oil firms to raise fuel prices this week
- SC acquits suspect in 2012 killing of Dutch aid worker over doubtful testimonies
- DILG denies claims ex-PNP chief ousted over firearms purchase
- 2028 polls overseas voter registration opens in Dec
- House probe tackles flood control corruption: Lawmakers disclose conflicts of interest
- A tale of two cities: San Mateo rejects Manila's trash; Rizal opens landfill to Malabon
- Marcos says commission on DPWH anomalies to be finalized 'very soon,' mum on Magalong participation
