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., This news data comes from:http://dtrwl.gyglfs.com
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.
- Israel expects 1 million Gazans to flee new offensive
- Escudero urges list of unfundable projects for 2026 budget
- Pump prices increase for 2nd straight week
- South Korea's Lee faces pivotal test at first summit with Trump
- COA launches sweeping audit of flood control projects
- IBP to form good governance panel
- Former Bulacan district engineer admits going to casinos
- UN force in Lebanon slams Israeli drone attack on peacekeepers
- North Korea's Kim in China ahead of massive military parade
- Sri Lanka's jailed ex-president Wickremesinghe granted bail
