Manila Mayor Honey Lacuna-Pangan commended the members of the Manila City Council for approving the two city ordinances granting P2,000 salary increase for job order and contractual workers at the Manila City Hall.
"Sila [job order and contractual workers] 'yung talagang mabibigat ang mga tungkulin at alam nating di sapat ang natatanggap nila buwan-buwan kaya natin itinaas ang sahod nila. Salamat sa ating konseho sa pamumuno ni Vice Mayor Yul Servo para sa agarang pag-approve ng dalawang ordinansa (The job order and contractual workers are the ones whose duties are really heavy and we know that they do not receive enough monthly so we raised their wages. Thanks to our council under the leadership of Vice Mayor Yul Servo for the prompt approval of the two ordinances)," she said.
The ordinances authorizing the increase in the compensation rate for contractual and job order workers were principally authored by Councilors Philip Lacuna, Pamela "Fa" Fugoso, and Ernesto Isip, Jr.
"As the cost of goods and services have risen over time, an increase in the compensation of Contract of Service (COS) personnel and job order (JO) workers is necessary to help mitigate the impact of inflation and to enable them to meet their daily basic needs," the Councilors stated in their explanatory note.
The pay hike also covers street educators, nursing aides, trainers of the Manila Department of Social Welfare (DSW) as well as barangay nutrition scholars and barangay health workers under the Manila Health Department.