By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga

The 1,300 job order (JO) and contract of service (COS) employees of the provincial government of Negros Occidental will get to experience a great year this 2022 after Provincial Administrator Rayfrando Diaz announced that they will be getting their salaries every 15 days starting this month.

Diaz said that Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson has asked him if it is possible that JO and COS employees could receive their salaries on time.

He said they were told to find ways to implement it so effective this first month of 2022, they will implement the releasing of their salaries every 15 days of every month just like the regular and casual employees of the capitol.

He said the intention of the governor is for all of their employees to enjoy their salaries.

“In the past, the salaries of these employees were delayed for almost a month,” Diaz said.

Diaz also said that they have streamlined the documentary requirements before the JOs and COS are paid their salaries by cutting down the documents required to fast-track processing./DGB, WDJ