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

Section 1

In all proceedings at all levels, motions for dismissals or any other incidental motions shall not be given due course, but shall remain as part of the records for whatever they may be worth when the case is decided on the merits.

Section 2

No person other than the interested parties, their counsels or representatives may intervene in labor disputes pending before the Regional Office, the Bureau, Labor Arbiters, the compulsory or voluntary arbitrators, the Commission, and the Secretary. Any violation of this provision will subject the outsider to the administrative fines and penalties provided for in the Code.

Section 3

A complaint is deemed filed upon receipt thereof by the appropriate agency which has jurisdiction over the subject matter and over the parties.

Section 4

Pursuant to Article 248 (e) of the Code, the employer shall check-off from non-union members within a collective bargaining unit the same reasonable fee equivalent to the dues and other fees normally paid by union members without the need for individual check-off authorizations.