City Hall hires garbage loaders as casual employees

• Source:http://www.sunstar.com.ph/cebu/local-news/2016/07/30/city-hall-hires-garbage-loaders-casual-employees-488486
• Saturday, July 30, 2016

By Razel V. Cuizon

FROM only job-order workers in the past, garbage loaders in the 80 barangays in Cebu City are now casual employees of the Cebu City Government.

They formed part of the 500 newly hired at City Hall, said lawyer Marie Velle Abella, head of the Human Resource Department Office (HRDO).

Abella said Mayor Tomas Osmeña has decided to promote them as casual employees under the Department of Public Services (DPS).

“This was to help them and give them a chance because for how many years they have been serving the barangays,” Abella said.

On the other hand, the barangays will get another set of loaders that will manage their garbage collection.

As planned by the mayor, part-timers from families with no breadwinner will be prioritized in the hiring of garbage haulers instead of hiring full-time employees.

This way, more people will have the chance to earn and provide for their families, Osmeña said.

As this developed, Abella said they also received more than 20,000 applications from city residents who want to join the City Government after Osmeña became mayor.

However, Abella said she is not certain yet as to how many will be hired because the mayor wanted to know first how many are needed.

Bloated

In his previous news conference, Osmeña pointed out that the City will not be hiring new workers for the sake of giving jobs to those who applied and endorsed by his allies.

Osmeña wants to reduce the City’s payroll because it very “bloated.”

The mayor did not renew the contracts of 1,000 of the 5,000 employees in the previous administration, said Abella.

Some of those who got the renewal of their contracts were given another two months to prove that they are needed for their positions.

The two-month renewal period will end on Aug. 31.