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

Section 1

(a) The Secretary or the Bureau or Regional Director, the Labor Arbiter, the Med-Arbiter or Voluntary Arbitrator may, upon his/her own initiative or on motion of any interested party, issue a writ of execution on a judgment within five (5) years from the date it becomes final and executory, requiring the Sheriff or the duly deputized officer to execute or enforce their respective final decisions, orders and awards. (b) The Secretary and the Chairman of the Commission may designate special sheriffs and take any measure under existing laws to ensure compliance with their decisions, orders or awards and those of the Labor Arbiters and voluntary arbitrators, including the imposition of administrative fines, which shall not be less than five hundred (P500.00) pesos nor more than ten thousand (P10,000.00) pesos. (c) Alternatively, the Secretary, the Commission, any Labor Arbiter, the Regional Director or the Director of the Bureau of Labor Relations in appropriate cases may deputize the Philippine National Police or any law enforcement agencies in the enforcement of final awards, orders or decisions.