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Labor Arbiter
Original Jurisdiction
Under Article 217 of the Labor Code, Labor Arbiters
have jurisdiction over the following cases:
1. Unfair labor practice (ULP) cases;
2. Termination disputes (or illegal dismissal cases);
3. If accompanied with a claim for reinstatement,
those cases that workers may file involving wages,
rates of pay, hours of work and other terms and
conditions of employment;
4. Claims for actual, moral, exemplary and other
forms of damages arising from employer-employee
relations;
5. Cases arising from any violation of Article 264 of
the Labor Code, including questions involving the
legality of strikes and lockouts;
6. Except claims for employees compensation not
included in the next succeeding paragraph, social
security, medicare and maternity benefits, all other
claims arising from employer-employee relations,
including those of persons in domestic or household
service, involving an amount exceeding Five
Thousand Pesos (P5,000.00), whether or not
accompanied with a claim for reinstatement;
7.
Wage distortion disputes in unorganized
establishments not voluntarily settled by the parties
pursuant to Republic Act No. 6627;
8. Enforcement of compromise agreements when
there is non-compliance by any of the parties
pursuant to Article 227 of the Labor Code, as
amended;
9. Money claims arising out of employer-employee
relationship or by virtue of any law or contract,
involving Filipino workers for overseas employment,
including claims for actual, moral, exemplary and
other forms of damages as provided by Section 10 of
Appellate Jurisdiction
c.
Certified labor disputes causing or likely to
cause a strike or lockout in an industry indispensable
to the national interest, certified to it by the Secretary
of Labor and Employment for compulsory arbitration.
What are the cases falling under the DOLE
Secretarys appellate power?
a. Orders issued by the duly authorized
representative of the Secretary of Labor and
Employment under Article 128 (Visitorial and
Enforcement Power) may be appealed to the latter.
(Art. 128).
b. Denial of application for union registration or
cancellation of union registration originally
rendered by the Bureau of Labor Relations (BLR)
may be appealed to the Secretary of Labor and
Employment. (NOTE: If originally rendered by the
Regional Office, appeal should be made to the
BLR).
c. Decisions of the Med-Arbiter in certification
election cases are appealable to the DOLE
Secretary. (Art. 259).
Voluntary Arbitrator
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