LABOR ARBITER NATIONAL LABOR
RELATIONS DIRECTOR / DULY
Original Art. 224 LC
Jurisdiction a) Unfair labor practice
(ULP) cases;
b) Termination disputes (or
illegal dismissal cases);
c) If accompanied with a
claim for reinstatement,
those cases that workers
may file involving wages,
rates of pay, hours of work
and other terms and
conditions of employment;
d) Claims for actual, moral,
exemplary and other forms
of damages arising from
employer-employee
relations;
e) Cases arising from any
violation of Article 279 of
the Labor Code, including
questions involving the
legality of strikes and
lockouts;
f) Except claims for
employees compensation
not included in the next
succeeding paragraph,
social security, medicare
and maternity benefits, all
other claims arising from
employer-employee
relations, including those of
persons in domestic or
household service, involving
an amount exceeding Five
Thousand Pesos
(P5,000.00), whether or not
accompanied with a claim
for reinstatement;
g) Wage distortion disputes
in unorganized
DOLE REGIONAL SECRETARY OF BUREAU OF LABOR BLR REGIONAL / POEA GSIS/SSS
LABOR RELATIONS REGIONAL / NATIONAL MED -
COMMISSION AUTHORIZED OFFICER NATIONAL OFFICE ARBITER
Art. 278 (f) LC Art. 129 LC Art. 278 (f) LC Art. 232LC Art. 272 LC POEA Rules and PD 626
a) Cases certified to it a) Money Claims arising a) May assume (by a) Original and exclusive a) Certification Regulations Pt. 6 Rule Sec. 180
by the SOLE for from Employer - petition from authority to act on all election in any 1 Sec. 138 a) The System (GSIS /
compulsory arbitration Employee Relationship, employer or Motu inter-union and intra- establishment where a) The Administration SSS) shall have original
in case of a possible or with NO claim for Propio) jurisdiction union conflicts, and all there is no certified shall exercise original and exclusive
actual strike or lockout reinstatement and the labor dispute causing disputes, grievances or bargaining agent and exclusive jurisdiction to settle any
in an industry aggregate money claims or likely to cause a problems arising from or jurisdiction to hear and dispute arising from this
indispensable to the of each employee does strike or lockout in an affecting labor- D.O. 40-03 Rule XI decide all cases which Title with respect to
national interest not exceed Php 5,000. industry management relations in Sec. 2 in relation to are administrative in coverage, entitlement to
(Hospital Sector, indispensable to the all workplaces, whether Sec. 5 character, involving or benefits, collection and
Electricity, Water Supply Art. 128 (a) (b) LC national interest may agricultural or non- a) Other related labor arising out of violations payment of
excluding bottling and a) Visitorial and assume jurisdiction agricultural, except those relations disputes of recruitment rules contributions and
refilling stations, Air Enforcement power over the dispute and arising from the (those involving a and regulations, penalties thereon, or
Traffic Control & other b)Issue Compliance and decide it implementation or labor union and the including refund of fees any other matter related
industries identified by Inspection Concurrent with the interpretation of CBAs. employer, or any collected from thereto, subject to
the Tripartite Industrial President other entity Overseas Filipino appeal to the
Peace Council, per DO Order Art. 278 (f) LC Art. 240 – 249 LC in who/which is not a Workers and any Commission, which shall
40H-13); a) May assume (by Art. 128 (a) (b) LC relation to Rule IV DO 40- labor org), on issues violation of the decide appealed cases
b) Injunction / Return petition from employer a) Visitorial and 03 such as cancellation conditions for the within twenty working
to Work Order related or Motu Propio) Enforcement power a) Registration, revocation of registration of issuance of the license days from the
to industries identified jurisdiction labor dispute b) Issue Compliance and cancellation cases unions & workers to recruit Overseas submission of the
above. causing or likely to cause and Inspection Order involving Federations, associations and Filipino Workers. evidence.
a strike or lockout in an National Unions, Industry petitions for b) The Administration
Art. 225 (e) LC industry indispensable to Unions, Trade Unions or interpleader. shall likewise exercise NOTE: Decisions of GSIS
a) Injunction to enjoin the national interest may Independent Unions. original and exclusive / SSS shall be appealed
or restrain any actual assume jurisdiction over a) Complaints against the jurisdiction to hear and to the Employee's
prohibited or unlawful the dispute and decide it above-mentioned decide disciplinary Compensation
acts or to require a b) Concurrent with the action cases against Commission as
particular act in any President Rule XII DO 40-03 Overseas Filipino established by PD 626.
labor dispute which if a) Dispute over conduct of Workers and
otherwise may cause Election of officers of Labor principals/employers
grave or irreparable Unions & Worker's that are administrative
damage to any party, Associations in character, excluding
provided that no money claims.
temporary or
permanent injunction in
any case involving /
growing out of a labor
dispute as defined by
the LC shall be issued
except after hearing the
establishments not
voluntarily settled by the
parties in the NCMB
pursuant to Art. 124
amended by RA 6727;
h) Enforcement of
compromise agreements
when there is non-
compliance by any of the
parties pursuant to Article
227 of the Labor Code, as
amended;
I) Money claims arising out
of employer-employee
relationship or by virtue of
any law or contract,
involving Filipino workers
for overseas employment,
including claims for actual,
moral, exemplary and other
forms of damages as
provided by Section 10 of
R.A. No. 8042, as amended
by RA 10022;
j) Where employer contests
findings of DOLE officer
regarding Labor Standards
inspections, under the
exception clause of Article
128(b) of the Labor Code,
as amended by R.A. 7730;
and
k) Other cases as may be
provided by law.
testimony of witnesses,
opportunity for cross-
examination, in support
of allegations made
under oath, and
testimony in opposition
thereto, after a fact-
finding conducted by
the Commission.
Art. 129 LC
a) Money Claims arising
from Employer -
Emplyee Relationship,
with NO claim for
reinstatement and the
aggregate money claims
of each employee does
not exceed Php 5,000.
Art. 128 (a) LC
a) Visitorial and
Enforcement power
b) Issue Compliance and
Inspection Order

Art. 233 LC
a) Under the exception
cited in Art 233, in cases of
non-compliance with
Compromise Settlements,
or if there is prima facie
evidence that the
settlement was obtained
through Fraud,
Misrepresentation or
 Coercion.
R.A. 8042, sec. 10, as
amended by RA 10022
a) Money Claims of OFW
arising out of an Employer-
Employee relationship or by
virtue of any law or
contract, including claims
for actual, moral, exemplary
or other forms of damage.
Appellate NONE
Jurisdiction
Art. 224 (b)LC NONE
a) Exclusive appellate
jurisdiction over all
cases decided by Labor
Arbiters.
Art. 129 LC
a) Decisions of the
DOLE Regional Director
/ Hearing Officer on
Money Claims less than
Php 5,000 arising from
Employer - Employee
Relationship, with NO
claim for reinstatement.
Art. 128 LC DO 40-03 Rule XI Sec. 16 NONE NONE NONE
a) Questions and a) Decisions of the Med-
Contests on orders of Arbiter and Regional
the duly authorized Director, may be appealed
representative of the to the Bureau Director.
SOLE, under the
Visitorial and
Enforcement Power
D.O. 40-03 Rule XI
Sec. 16 & Sec.7 Rule
IV
a) Decisions of the
Bureau Director, in
exercise of his / her
original Jurisdiction,
such in cancellations
or registration of
union registration.
Art. 272 LC
a) Decision of the
Med Arbiter In
Certification
Elections
POEA Revised Rules
& Regulations 2016
a) Exclusive
 Appellate Jurisdiction
from orders of POEA

GRIEVANCE MACHINERY VOLUNTARY ARBITRATOR / PANEL OF ARBITRATORS of the NATIONAL MEDIATION &
CONCILIATION BOARD
Jurisdiction Art. 224 (c) and 274 LC Art. 261 Voluntary Arbitration
a) Cases arising from the interpretation or implementation of collective bargaining agreements and those arising from a) All unresolved grievances arising from the interpretation or implementation of their CBA
the interpretation or enforcement of company personnel policies AND b) All unresolved grievances arising from the interpretation or enforcement of company
b) grievances arising from the interpretation or enforcement of company personnel policies. personnel policies.

Note: As referred by the Labor Arbiter for Voluntary Arbitration Art. 262 LC
Note: Violations of a CBA gross in character (flagrant and / or malicious refusal to comply with economic provisions of a) other labor disputes including unfair labor practices and bargaining deadlocks upon
the CBA) are treated as Grievances, instead of Unfair Labor Practice. agreement of the parties

Art. 124
a) If Wage distortions in unorganized establishment shall undergo CONCILIATION under the
NCMB, aftewhich if unresolved shall re referred to the Labor Arbiter
b) Wage distortions in organized establishment shall undergo voluntary Arbitration

Note: Appeals go the Court of Appeals via Rule 43 of the Rules of Court
Appeal No appeal, but a filing with Voluntary Arbitrator / Panel of Arbitrators identified in CBA To the Court of Appeals via Rule 43 of the Rules of Court