Issuances of the Department of Labor and Employment and its Attached Agencies

Section 1

The Department shall promote the formation of labor-management councils in organized and unorganized establishments to enable the workers to participate in policy and decision-making processes in the establishment, insofar as said processes will directly affect their rights, benefits and welfare, except those which are covered by collective bargaining agreements or are traditional areas of bargaining. IAETSC The Department shall promote other labor-management cooperation schemes and, upon its own initiative or upon the request of both parties, may assist in the formulation and development of programs and projects on productivity, occupational safety and health, improvement of quality of work life, product quality improvement, and other similar scheme. In line with the foregoing, the Department shall render, among others, the following services: (a) Conduct awareness campaigns; (b) Assist the parties in setting up labor-management structures, functions and procedures; (c) Provide process facilitators upon request of the parties; and (d) Monitor the activities of labor-management structures as may be necessary and conduct studies on best practices aimed at promoting harmonious labor-management relations.

Section 2

In organized establishments, the workers' representatives to the council shall be nominated by the exclusive bargaining representative. In establishments where no legitimate labor organization exists, the workers representative shall be elected directly by the employees at large.