The House Committee on Labor and Employment has reported out for floor deliberation a measure strengthening the operations of the National Labor Relations Commission (NLRC) to enhance the just and expeditious resolution of labor disputes.
House Bill 5306, which substituted House Bill 3837 authored by Rep. Karlo Alexei B. Nograles, amends Articles 213 and 215 of Presidential Decree No. 442, as amended, otherwise known as the Labor Code of the Philippines. It was co-authored by TUCP Party-list Rep. Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza.
The bill promotes the expeditious resolution of labor cases filed at the NLRC by providing the agency with more flexibility in the management of its manpower.
For one, it increases from a maximum of three to five the number of Commission Attorneys that can be assigned to the Office of the NLRC Chairman and each commissioner. The Commission Attorneys are the ones who assist the NLRC in its appellate and adjudicatory functions.
The bill also removes the provision that prohibits the Labor Arbiter from performing the work of the Commission Attorney or from being assigned to the office of any Commissioner.
Likewise, the bill eliminates the provision that restricts Labor Arbiters from holding office in the region where they reside.
According to Nograles, who chairs the House Committee on Labor and Employment, "labor relations is a very dynamic field of endeavor, thus, labor relations clime could change drastically and in a fast pace, dictated as it is by economic developments or situations in the industry, region, country and the world as well."
"Because of such realities, agencies with mandates related to management of labor relations such as the NLRC must be endowed with such degree of flexibility as to immediately adapt to varying industrial relations scenarios," Nograles said. - Media Relations Service-PRIB
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