EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 251
EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 251 - NDING
CERTAIN SECTIONS OF EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 126 DATED JANUARY 30, 1987
WHEREAS,
in order to make the on-going reorganization of the Department of Labor
urgent demands of national economic and Employment more responsive to
the recovery and to promote efficiency and effectiveness in the
delivery of public services, it is vital that necessary and appropriate
changes be further introduced in its reorganization;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, CORAZON C. AQUINO, President of the Philippines, do
hereby order:
Section 1. Sec. 7 of Executive Order No. 126 is
hereby amended to read as follows:
“Sec.
7. Office of the Secretary. — The Office of the
Secretary shall consist of the Secretary and his immediate staff. In
addition, there is hereby created in the Office of the Secretary a
Joint RP-US Lab or Committee Staff Unit which shall provide technical
and other necessary services to the Philippine panel in the Joint Labor
Committee created under the RP-US Base Labor Agreement and for other
special projects. The Unit who shall be headed by a Head Executive
Assistant who shall be assisted by five (5) Staff Assistants.”
Sec. 2. Section 18 of Executive Order No. 126 is
hereby amended to read as follows:
“SECTION
18. Bureaus. — The following staff bureaus of the
Department are hereby retained and shall continue to have the same
functions, except as otherwise provided herein:
(a)
Bureau of Local Employment;
(b) Bureau of
Women and Minors, which hereby renamed as the Bureau of Women and Young
Workers;
(c) Bureau of
Rural Workers;
(d) Bureau of
Labor Relations, which shall continue to perform its present functions
except those to be absorbed by the National Mediation and Conciliation
Board as provided under Sec. 29 (c) hereof; and
(e) Bureau of
Working Conditions.”
Sec. 3. Sec. 20 of Executive Order No. 126 is
hereby amended to read as follows:
“Sec. 20. Institute For Labor Studies. — There is hereby
created an Institute for Labor Studies, hereinafter referred to as the
Institute, which shall attached to the Department of Labor and
Employment for policy and program coordination and administrative
supervision. The Institute shall absorb the research and publication
functions of the Institute of Labor and Manpower Studies which is
hereby abolished in accordance with Sec. 29(b) of this Executive
Order. The Institute, to be headed by an Executive Director, assisted
by a Deputy Executive Director, shall have the following
functions:
(a)
Undertake research and studies in all areas of labor and manpower
policy and administration.
(b) Review the
rationale of existing legislation and regulations and analyze the cost
involved in the implementation of such legislation against the benefits
expected to be derived;
(c) Study and
develop innovative and indigenous approaches towards the promotion
harmonious and productive labor-management relations, and the
improvement of workers’ welfare services;
(d) Develop
and undertake research programs and projects in collaboration with
other national agencies to enhance the Department’s capability to
participate in national decision and policy making;
(e) Enter into
agreements with international or bilateral agencies for the carrying
out of the foregoing functions;
(f) Expand the
scope of its research interests into other countries and regions;
(g) Publish
its research studies for dissemination to government as well as to all
concerned parties; and
(h) Perform
such other functions as may be provided by law or assigned by the
Secretary.”
Sec. 4. Sec. 22 of Executive Order No. 126 is
hereby amended to read as follows:
“Sec. 22. National Conciliation and Mediation Board. — A
National Conciliation and Mediation Board, herein referred to as the
“Board”, is hereby created and which shall absorb the conciliation
mediation and voluntary arbitration functions of the Bureau of Labor of
Relations in accordance with Sec. 29 (c) hereof. The Board shall be
composed of an Administrator and two (2) Deputy Administrators. It
shall be an attached agency under the administrative supervision of the
Secretary of Labor and Employment.
The Administrators and the
Deputy Administrators shall be appointed by the President upon
recommendation of the Secretary of Labor and Employment. There shall be
as many Conciliators-Mediators as the needs of the public service
require, who shall have at least three (3) years of experience in
handling labor relations and who shall be appointed by the
Secretary.
The Board shall have its main
office in Metropolitan Manila and its Administrators shall exercise
supervision over Conciliators-Mediators and all its personnel. It shall
establish as many branches as there are administrative regions in the
country, with a many Conciliator-mediators as shall be necessary for
its effective operation. Each branch of the Board shall be headed by an
Executive Conciliator-Mediator.
The Board shall have the
following functions:
(a)
Formulate policies, programs, standards, procedures, manuals of
operation and guidelines pertaining to effective mediation and
conciliation of labor disputes;
(b) Perform
preventive mediation and conciliation functions;
(c) Coordinate
and maintain linkages with other sectors of institutions, and other
government authorities concerned with matters relative to the
prevention and settlement of labor disputes;
(d) formulate
policies, plans, programs, standards, procedures, manuals of operation
and guidelines pertaining to the promotion of cooperative and
nonadversarial schemes, grievance handling, voluntary arbitration and
other voluntary modes of dispute settlements;
(e) Administer
the voluntary arbitration program; maintain/update a list of voluntary
arbitrations; compile arbitration awards and decisions;
(f) Provide
counselling and preventive mediation assistance particularly in the
administration of collective agreement; awards and
decisions;
(g) Monitor
and exercise technical supervision over the Board programs being
implemented in the regional offices; and
(h) Perform
such other functions as may be provided by law or assigned by the
Secretary.
A Tripartite Voluntary
Arbitration Advisory Council is hereby created and attached to the
National Conciliation and Mediation Board. The Tripartite Voluntary
Arbitration Advisory Council shall advise the National Conciliation
Board on matters pertaining to the promotion of voluntary arbitration
as the preferred mode of dispute settlement.
The Tripartite Voluntary
Arbitration Advisory Council shall consist of the Administrator of the
National Conciliation and Mediation Board as Chairman, one other member
from the government, two members representing labor, and two other
members representing management. The members shall be appointed by the
President to serve for a term of three (3) years. The Chairman and
Members thereof shall serve without compensation.”
Sec. 5. Sec. 24 of Executive Order No. 126 is
hereby amended to read as follows:
“Sec.
24. Regional Offices, District Offices and Provincial
Extension Units. — The Department is hereby authorized to establish,
operate and maintain such Department-wide Regional Offices, District
Offices and Provincial Extension Units in each of the administrative
regions of the country, nsofar as necessary to promote economy and
efficiency in the delivery of its services. Each Regional Office shall
be headed by a Regional Director who shall have supervision and control
thereof. The Regional Director, whenever necessary, shall be assisted
by an Assistant Regional Director. A Regional Office shall have, within
its regional areas, the following functions:
(a)
Implement laws, policies, plans, programs, projects, rules and
regulations of the Department;
(b) Provide
economical, efficient and effective service to the people;
(c) Coordinate
with regional offices of other departments and agencies;
(d) Coordinate
with local government units;
(e) Perform
such other functions as may be provided by law or assigned by the
Secretary.”
Sec. 6. All laws, orders, issuances, rules and
regulations or parts thereof inconsistent with this Executive Order are
hereby repealed or modified accordingly.
Sec. 7. This Executive Order shall take effect
immediately.
Done in the City of Manila,
this 25th day of July, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and
eighty-seven.
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