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LETTER OF INSTRUCTIONS NO. 1459 -
ON THE STRENGTHENING OF THE LABOR RELATIONS SERVICES OF THE MINISTRY OF
LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT |
The Minister of Labor and Employment
The Chairman of the Economic Support Fund Council
WHEREAS, the pursuit of just and harmonious labor-management relations is an integral part of the process of national development;
WHEREAS, recent changes in the economic and political contexts of labor and industry have given rise to intense conflicts in the arena of labor-management relations as evidenced by increasing incidence of labor disputes and strikes;
WHEREAS, the quality of industrial relations in the country has direct impact on the country's social, political and economic stability especially during times of crisis;
WHEREAS, the present capability of the government's labor dispute settlement machinery should be strengthened to respond to the demands of present labor relations problems as indicated by generally increasing rates of labor dispute;
WHEREAS, the country's labor relations machinery needs to bolster its corps of conciliators, med-arbiters and labor arbiters, facilitate disposition of arbitration cases, and expand legal assistance to indigent workers;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution and the authority vested in me by Presidential Decree No. 1416, as amended, do hereby and direct the following:
1.
The Ministry of Labor and Employment shall: a) Launch "Project
Expedite" to facilitate the disposition of case backlogs including
those of overseas contract workers at the National Labor Relations
Commission and its arbitration branches; b) Create Mobile Tasks Forces
composed of conciliators and other appropriate officers, empowered to
immediately respond to strike and lockout notices, actual strikes and
lockouts, and hold conciliation conference at the picketlines where
necessary; c) establish a comprehensive Free Legal Assistance Program
for indigent workers particularly those victimized by illegal
recruiters to be administered by the Legal Service which may hire
senior law students for this purpose.
2. The
Chairman of the Philippine Overseas and Employment Administration shall
release P5 million from its Special Account 185 deposited at the
National Treasury to augment the NLRC budget for maintenance and
operating expenses and to defray the cost of operation of "Project
Expedite" and another P2 million to cover the costs of implementing the
Free Legal Assistance Program.
3. The
Chairman and the Director General of the Economic Support Fund Council
shall release $2 million to finance the activities of the Mobile Task
Forces.
4. The
Minister of Budget shall immediately approve the release by the POEA
and the ESFC of the aforementioned funds to the respective MOLE
agencies concerned.
This Letter of Instructions shall take effect immediately.
DONE in the City of Manila, this First day of May, in the year of our Lord, nineteen hundred and eighty-five.
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