Senator Sherwin Gatchalian has picked up the cudgels for contractual government workers particularly those who have been in the bureaucracy for 10 years
or so.
He pointed out that many contractual employees have held their respective positions for over 10 years and were already compliant with civil service requirements. The problem was there is no plantilla items for them. Gatchalian asserted that rightsizing should not only focus on improving government efficiency, but must also provide state workers with appropriate positions for the functions they have been performing for quite some time.
During a previous consultative meeting on Senate Bill 890 or the Rightsizing the National Government Act, Gatchalian asked Department of Budget and Management representatives to provide estimates on the potential savings the government could generate if the proposed rightsizing bill becomes a law.
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