JO/COS workers paid under outdated salary rates
Department of Public Works and Highways · 2024
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What Happened?
Category: Human ResourcesIssue: Non-complianceTemporary workers hired under job orders or contracts are being paid using 2020 salary rates instead of the updated rates. As a result, they receive less pay than they are entitled to under the current regulations.
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Original Audit Finding Excerpt
"The Daily Salary Rate and Premium Payment of Job Order/Contract of Service (JO/COS) Workers of the DPWH CO, ROs, and DEOs in Regions I, II, IV-A, IV-B, V, VIII, IX and XIII, for CY 2024, is not in accordance with Commission on Audit – Department of Budget and Management Joint Circular No. 2, s. 2020, dated October 20, 2020, due to non-updating of the prescribed salary rates in the issued Department Orders. Thus, the maximum benefits allowed for JO/COS workers were not given."