By Liezelle Soriano
MANILA — The employment of Contract of Service (COS) and Job Order (JO) workers in government whose contracts will expire this year will be extended
President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. said that the goal is to build a pool of government workers who can perform and qualify for the government’s plantilla positions.
The Chief Executive instructed government agencies to develop the skills and capabilities of COS and JO workers by re-educating and training them with the help of higher learning institutions and enabling them to pass the civil service examination.
Marcos also wanted the agencies to conduct a thorough study of the current state of the government workforce, including the COS and JOs.
“Pag-aralan natin, just look at the numbers, the data on average, government agencies. How many of their employees are contractual?” he said.
“How many items are in their plantilla proper are not filled? How many are contractual as a percentage of the total number of employees? Kasi the percentages are one of the most important. Then titingnan natin is average. [It will] give us an idea how people are using the system,” the President pointed out.
The President made the decision during a sectoral meeting with the Department of Budget and Management, Department of the Interior and Local Government, Civil Service Commission, and Commission on Audit in Malacañang.
(el Amigo/MNM)