A bill granting a 13th-month pay to about 600,000 contractual and job order personnel in government has been filed in the Senate. | MAgerINQ
As of June 2022, there are 642,000 non-permanent workers in government — around 493,900 are JO personnel while the remaining 148,000 are contractual workers, the senator said in his explanatory note, citing government data.
“In light of the persistent rise in the inflation rate, which led to an extraordinary increase in prices of food, fuel, and other commodities, Filipino workers, including contractual and job order personnel of the government face greater hardships in their lives,” he said.
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