AN ACT STRENGTHENING CONCILIATION-MEDIATION AS A VOLUNTARY MODE OF DISPUTE SETTLEMENT FOR ALL LABOR CASES, AMENDING FOR THIS PURPOSE ARTICLE 228 OF PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 442, AS AMENDED, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE "LABOR CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES"
Year:
2013
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Other
Date Approved:
March 14, 2013
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This Act strengthens the use of conciliation-mediation as a voluntary method for settling all labor disputes. It amends Article 228 of the Labor Code to mandate conciliation-mediation for labor and employment issues, ensuring that disputes are addressed effectively and efficiently.Full Text
Fifteenth Congress
Third Regular Session
Begun and held in Metro Manila, on Monday, the twenty-third day of July, two thousand twelve.
REPUBLIC ACT No. 10396
AN ACT STRENGTHENING CONCILIATION-MEDIATION AS A VOLUNTARY MODE OF DISPUTE SETTLEMENT FOR ALL LABOR CASES, AMENDING FOR THIS PURPOSE ARTICLE 228 OF , AS AMENDED, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE "LABOR CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES"
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled:
Section 1. A new article is hereby inserted in the Labor Code to read as follows:
Section 2. Implementing Rules and Regulations. – The Secretary of Labor and Employment shall promulgate the necessary rules and regulations to implement the provisions of this Act.
Section 3. Repealing Clause. – Presidential Decree No. 442, as amended, otherwise known as the "Labor Code of the Philippines", and all other acts, laws, presidential issuances, rules and regulations inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed, amended or modified accordingly.
Section 4. Effectivity Clause. – This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its complete publication in the Official Gazette or in at least two (2) newspapers of national circulation.
Approved,
This Act which is a consolidation of Senate Bill No. 2918 and House Bill No. 6686 was finally passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on January 28, 2013.
Approved: MAR 14 2013
(Sgd.) BENIGNO S. AQUINO III
President of the Philippines
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