The Civil Service Commission (CSC), Commission on Audit (COA), and the Department of Budget and Management (DBM), determined to provide further protection to Contract of Service (COS) and Job Order (JO) workers in the government, issued on June 15, 2017 Joint Circular No. 1, s. 2017, with the subject “Rules and Regulations Governing Contract of Service and Job Order Workers in the Government”.
The Joint Circular provides for additional protection to the COS or JO workers by ensuring that agencies avail of services only of legitimate service providers through institutional contract of service who are duly registered with the Department of Labor and Employment, Bureau of Internal Revenue, Department of Trade and Industry or Securities and Exchange Commission, Social Security System, Home Development Mutual Fund (Pag-IBIG), and Philippine Health Insurance Corporation.
The duly registered service providers shall be responsible for providing compensation and benefits that are compliant with existing labor laws.
On the other hand, individuals engaged through contracts of service shall be paid the prevailing market rates, subject to the provisions of Republic Act No. 9184 (Government Procurement Reform Act), while individuals hired through job order shall be paid wages equivalent to the daily wage of comparable positions in government with a premium of up to 20% of such wage. (DBM-PR)