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LETTER OF INSTRUCTIONS
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LETTER OF INSTRUCTIONS NO. 245
TO
: The Secretary of Labor
In accordance with the Labor Code of the Philippines, the decisions of
the National Labor Relations Commission are appealable to the Secretary
of Labor and in the last resort, to the President of the Philippines.
However, the experience of the past two years of the operation of
Presidential Decree 21 shows that numerous cases that should otherwise
terminate at the level of the NLRC and the Secretary of Labor are still
appealed to the Office of the President to gain legal leverage usually
at the expense of the weaker party - the workingman.
Therefore, and consistent with the policy of granting expeditious labor
justice, the Secretary of Labor is hereby directed to devise a system
for limiting appeals to the Office of the President so as to prevent
undue delays in the administration of labor justice; Provided, that the
President may at any time pass upon any decision of the Secretary of
Labor upon his own initiative.
The Secretary of Labor is likewise hereby directed to constitute and
organize an adequate staff which is hereby declared primarily technical
and confidential, in the Office of the Secretary to assist him in the
exercise of his appellate function. For this purpose, the Budget
Commission is directed to release P300,000.00 out of the unprogrammed
appropriations of the Department of Labor or any of its agencies.
Done in the City of Manila,
this 21st day of January, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and
seventy-five.
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