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.
Villanueva: Regularize contractual govt workers, This news data comes from:http://ilmbanb.gangzhifhm.com
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.
- Pump prices increase for 2nd straight week
- Philippines nears universal healthcare, 80% goal achieved -- Marcos
- COA probes Iqbal on spending of P1.7B in one day
- DOTr denies ordering shutdown of online selling platforms
- Kneecap to play Paris concert in defiance of objections
- Dizon to order DPWH officials to submit courtesy resignation
- DPWH told to build evacuation centers
- Lacson warns lawmakers may be complicit in ghost flood control projects
- Duterte’s defense team outlines ICC strategy
- PH Army showcases disaster response capabilities before Thai defense officials
