02/09/2026
ABS-CBN NEWS: At least one House member raised concerns over the number of JOs and COS, despite vacant plantilla positions. “Gumawa tayo ng sariling batas para maprotektahan ang mga empleyado, pero parang nagiging second class citizens ang mga JOs and COS mismo sa gobyerno,” BH Party List Rep. Robert Nazal said.
More than one million or nearly a third of the 3.29 million government workforce are job order or contract of services workers, according to the Civil Service Commission.