Mandaluyong JO workers to get P10K salary
STARTING September 1, all Mandaluyong City government employees on “job order” (JO) status will begin to receive a monthly salary of P10,000.
This was announced by Mandaluyong City Mayor Benjamin Abalos on Monday.
Abalos said he has talked with the City Council and the city budget department to raise the salary of job order employees.
“I was saddened when I heard that we have job order employees who are still receiving something like P265 a day. They’re not just our street sweepers and traffic enforcers but also the employees reporting here at offices in the city hall.”
“They only receive such daily wage and have to commute to work and come in uniform so I didn’t want to force them to wear uniforms,” Abalos added.
“That’s why I’m thankful to our City Council and budget department that we are able to come up with measures to raise the salaries of job order employees of the city,” said the Mandaluyong chief executive.
Abalos recognized that many of the city government’s job order employees work at frontline services.
