MODULE I

INTRO TO LABOR LAW

PART I

ARTICLE XIII- PHILIPPINE CONSTITUTION

SOCIAL JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS

Section 1. The Congress shall give highest priority to the enactment of measures that protect and
enhance the right of all the people to human dignity, reduce social, economic, and political
inequalities, and remove cultural inequities by equitably diffusing wealth and political power for
the common good.

To this end, the State shall regulate the acquisition, ownership, use, and disposition of property
and its increments.

Section 2. The promotion of social justice shall include the commitment to create economic
opportunities based on freedom of initiative and self-reliance.

LABOR

Section 3. The State shall afford full protection to labor, local and overseas, organized and
unorganized, and promote full employment and equality of employment opportunities for all.

It shall guarantee the rights of all workers to self-organization, collective bargaining and
negotiations, and peaceful concerted activities, including the right to strike in accordance with
law. They shall be entitled to security of tenure, humane conditions of work, and a living wage.
They shall also participate in policy and decision-making processes affecting their rights and
benefits as may be provided by law.

The State shall promote the principle of shared responsibility between workers and employers
and the preferential use of voluntary modes in settling disputes, including conciliation, and shall
enforce their mutual compliance therewith to foster industrial peace.

The State shall regulate the relations between workers and employers, recognizing the right of
labor to its just share in the fruits of production and the right of enterprises to reasonable returns
to investments, and to expansion and growth.
PART II

The Department of Labor and Employment (Filipino: Kagawaran ng Paggawa at

Empleyo, commonly abbreviated as DOLE) is the executive department of
the Philippine government mandated to formulate policies, implement programs and
services, and serve as the policy-coordinating arm of the Executive Branch in the field
of labor and employment. It is tasked with the enforcement of the provisions of
the Labor Code
The Department of Labor & Employment (DOLE) was founded on December 7, 1933
via the Act No. 4121 by the Philippine Legislature. It was renamed as Ministry of Labor
and Employment in 1978. The agency was renamed as a Department after the 1986
EDSA Revolution in 1986.

Bureaus

 Bureau of Local Employment (BLE)

 Bureau of Labor and Employment Statistics (BLES)
 Bureau of Labor Relations (BLR)
 Bureau of Working Conditions (BWC)
 Bureau of Workers with Special Concerns (BWSC)
 International Labor Affairs Bureau (ILAB)
 National Reintegration Center for OFWs (NRCO)
 Bureau of Women and Young Workers
 Bureau of Rural Workers

Attached Agencies

 Employees' Compensation Commission (ECC)

 Institute for Labor Studies (ILS)
 National Conciliation and Mediation Board (NCMB)
 National Labor Relations Commission (NLRC)
 National Maritime Polytechnic (NMP)
 National Wages and Productivity Commission (NWPC)
 Occupational Safety and Health Center (OSHC)
 Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA)
 Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA)
 Professional Regulation Commission (PRC)

Department of Labor and Employment

 Kagawaran ng Paggawa at Empleyo

Department overview

Formed December 8, 1933

Headquarters DOLE Building, Muralla corner

General Luna
Streets, Intramuros, Manila

Annual budget ₱17.42 billion (2020)[1]

Silvestre Bello
Department
III, Secretary
executives
Danilo P. Cruz,
Undersecretary
Nicon Fameronag,
Undersecretary
Hans Leo Cacdac,
Undersecretary
Lourdes Trasmonte,
Undersecretary
Ma. Teresa Soriano,
Assistant Secretary
Ma. Joji Aragon,
Assistant Secretary
Rebecca Calzado,
 Assistant Secretary
Website www.dole.gov.ph

ARTICLE XIII