{"id":252823,"date":"2020-04-21T23:07:22","date_gmt":"2020-04-22T03:07:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=252823"},"modified":"2020-04-21T23:07:22","modified_gmt":"2020-04-22T03:07:22","slug":"govt-urged-to-extend-service-of-700k-contractual-personnel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/04\/21\/govt-urged-to-extend-service-of-700k-contractual-personnel\/","title":{"rendered":"Gov&#8217;t urged to extend service of 700K contractual personnel"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_250506\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-250506\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/89073373_1555633651265896_79712209306910720_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-250506\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/89073373_1555633651265896_79712209306910720_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/89073373_1555633651265896_79712209306910720_n.jpg 960w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/89073373_1555633651265896_79712209306910720_n-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/89073373_1555633651265896_79712209306910720_n-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-250506\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">In a letter sent to President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday, Cagayan de Oro Rep. Rufus Rodriguez said these employees under a so-called job-order or contract-of-service arrangement do not enjoy the benefits of regular government personnel and their contracts are good for six months only, subject to renewal. (FIle <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/RufusBRodriguez\/photos\/a.1470138939815368\/1555633647932563\/?type=3&amp;theater\">Photo<\/a>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/RufusBRodriguez\/\">Rufus B. Rodriguez\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 A lawmaker is proposing to extend the service of around 700,000 contractual employees in the government until the end of 2020 amid the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) crisis.<\/p>\n<p>In a letter sent to President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday, Cagayan de Oro Rep. Rufus Rodriguez said these employees under a so-called job-order or contract-of-service arrangement do not enjoy the benefits of regular government personnel and their contracts are good for six months only, subject to renewal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith the current Covid-19 situation, the enhanced community quarantine in Luzon and lockdowns happening all over the country, it is becoming clear that there is a very strong possibility that the contracts of these employees might not be renewed or extended,\u201d Rodriguez said.<\/p>\n<p>He cited the plea of the Workers of Government Movement in Cagayan de Oro City in having the service of contractual personnel retained after the expiration of their contracts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs such, may I endorse their request for the contracts of these workers to be securely extended until Dec. 31, 2020. This will provide security to them in these uncertain times,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Rodriguez noted that government agencies have funds in their budgets for contractual personnel.<\/p>\n<p>He said these government agencies can also seek Malaca\u00f1ang&#8217;s approval to use savings during the enhanced community quarantine period to extend the service of these employees.<\/p>\n<p>Currently, the total number of positive cases nationwide is now at 6,599, with recoveries reaching 654 while the death toll is at 437.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0\u2013 A lawmaker is proposing to extend the service of around 700,000 contractual employees in the government until the end &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-252823","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-news","category-news-ph","mauthors-filane-mikee-cervantes","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252823","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=252823"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252823\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":252825,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252823\/revisions\/252825"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=252823"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=252823"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=252823"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}