Hannah L. TorregozaSenator Sherwin Gatchalian has called on the government to provide permanent positions for qualified contractual employees in its rightsizing plan.Gatchalian said creating plantilla positions should apply to eligible contractual employees who have been consistently performing the same functions in the bureaucracy for many years.
A plantilla position refers to a permanent position in the government with a budget allocation in the annual General Appropriations Act . The lawmaker pointed out rightsizing should not only focus on enhancing government efficiency but also on providing employees with appropriate positions in the bureaucracy for functions they have already been performing for a long time.
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