SUPREME COURT

Rule 45, Rules of Court

COURT OF APPEALS

Rule 65 Rule 43 Rule 65 Rule 65

NATIONAL LABOR VOLUNTARY BUREAU OF LABOR DEPARTMENT OF

RELATIONS COMMISSION ARBITRATOR OR RELATIONS LABOR AND
PANEL OF Original and exclusive EMPLOYMENT
VOLUNTARY authority to act on: SECRETARY
1. All inter-union and Assumption of
LABOR ARBITERS ARBITRATORS intra-union conflicts
jurisdiction over
Original and exclusive 2. Disputes, grievances,
problems arising from disputes, in his
jurisdiction to hear
Original and Exclusive or affecting labor- opinion, causing or
and decide:
Jurisdiction to decide managements likely to cause a
1. All unresolved relations in all
cases of: strike/lockout in an
grievances
1. Unfair Labor workplaces. industry indispensable
2. Interpretation and Except: those from
Practices to the national
implementation of
2. Termination disputes implementation or interest.
CBA
3. Those involving interpretation of
3. Cases arising from
wages, rates of pay, CBAs.
interpretation and
hours of work and enforcement of
other terms and
company personnel Cases decided by the BLR
conditions of National
policies on appeal are final and
employment IF
accompanied with a
4. Other labor disputes executory. Those decided Conciliation and
including ULP and
claim for bargaining deadlocks
through original Mediation Board
reinstatement jurisdiction can be
upon agreement by
4. Claims for actual, appealed to the DOLE
the parties. 1. Petition for
moral, exemplary Secretary. Assumption of
and other forms
jurisdiction or
arising from ER-EE
certification of
relations. jurisdiction or
5. Any violation the
certification to
Labor Code
Labor Relations NLRC of
provisions on
Department of Labor strike/lockout
Prohibited Activities Division in the disputes.
including questions and Employment
on the legality of
Regional Offices of 2. Notice of
Regional Director strike/lockout
strikes and lockouts. the DOLE
3. Any other
6. All claims arising disputes
from ER-EE relations Money claims and benefits
arising from ER-EE 1. Inter-union and submitted by the
involving an amount intra-union disputes parties for
exceeding P5,000, relations not accompanied
2. Applications for preventive
except claims for by claim for reinstatement registration of unions mediation
Employee and not exceeding 3. Certification election proceedings.
Compensation, SSS, P5,000. and representation
Medicare and
cases
maternity benefits.

Note:
The BLR has jurisdiction over cases involving Federations and National Unions
The LRD has jurisdiction over cases involving independently registered unions and chartered
locals.