No room for ‘ghost employees’ at City Hall
Iloilo City Mayor Jed Patrick Mabilog is now reviewing the status of 1,400 casual employees at the City Hall to make sure that “ghost employees” do not exist.
A ghost employee refers to a person on the payroll who does not work for the City Hall. The so-called ghost may be real or fictitious, and the person behind the scheme may have included the friend or relative to the payroll.
Mabilog has signed Executive Order No. 1 for the creation of an “inventory commission” headed by former Vice Mayor Victor Facultad to account all the personnel, both regular and casuals, as well the city government’s office equipment.
The inventory will run until July 15.
Casual employees are those with designated plantilla positions under a fixed term and whose employment is assessed by the Civil Service Commission. They are also accorded benefits given to regular employees.
Moreover, Mabilog said he will also evaluate the “job hire” employees to see if they need to be retained.
“Job hire” employees are covered by job orders to do a specific job for a particular project, but he or she does not have an employee-employer relationship with the city government.
Mabilog said that those who want to apply as “job hires” may see the department heads.
“They need not apply personally at my office,” the mayor said.
Mabilog said that if inventory results will show that there are irregularities, he is willing to conduct an investigation.
“We will not tolerate irregularities,” he said.
Mabilog said he has allocated only 45 percent from the General Fund for personnel services and he could not go beyond the limit.
The mayor said he will utilize the existing manpower of the city to do other tasks.
Meanwhile, Mabilog said he has already created the Task Force on Illegal Drugs led by Boy Espejo.
