Aquino named NLRC officer-in-charge.
National Labor Relations Commission (NLRC) Officer-in-Charge Raul T. Aquino took strong measures yesterday to expedite the resolution of labor disputes, improve the relations between labor and capital and contribute, in the process, to the success of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyos economic recovery program. Aquino, who was designated...

Sto. Tomas all set to take over NLRC.
Byline: E.T. SUAREZ Labor Secretary Patricia A. Sto. Tomas is all set to take over the administrative supervision of the National Labor Relations Commission (NLRC) pursuant to Executive Order No. 185 as amended by EO 204 issued by President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo who acted on the complaints...

Inept NLRC officials face dismissal.
Byline: E.T. SUAREZ Commissioners and labor arbiters of the National Labor Relations Commission (NLRC) could be dismissed from public service if they would perform poorly in the resolution of labor disputes and in the promotion of industrial peace when Labor Secretary Patricia A. Sto. Tomas takes over...

NLRC transfer to DoLE not impeachable - Palace.
Malacanang yesterday maintained the legality of the transfer of administrative control of the National Labor Relations Commission (NLRC) to the Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE), dismissing criticisms that it could be grounds for the Presidents impeachment. Press Secretary Ignacio Bunye said such movement is within the...

The Washington Ballet.
Wayne Gold, regional director of the National Labor Relations Board, has found "reasonable cause" to believe that The Washington Ballet violated the National Labor Relations Act when it refused to rehire two union activist dancers who testified against it at an NLRB hearing (see "Dance Matters," July 2005). Gold...

Be focused and apolitical, NLRC chief urges officials.
Byline: E. T. SUAREZ Remain apolitical. This was stressed yesterday by Presiding Commissioner Raul T. Aquino, officer-in-charge (OIC) of the National Labor Relations Commission (NLRC), among the commissions officials and employees, urging them to focus on the resolution of labor disputes to promote industrial peace...

Eleventh Circuit holds that arbitration agreement in collective bargaining contract for seamen is enforceable under Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards, which supersedes relevant portions of the Seaman's Wage Act.
His employer, Celebrity Cruises, Inc. (Defendant) required Ignacio Eufemio Lobo (Plaintiff), a stateroom attendant on a passenger ship, to share his gratuities with his assistant by paying the assistant $1.20 per passenger per day from his own earnings. Plaintiff alleges that Defendant imposed this requirement through duress as a...

Department of Labor and Employment 73rd Anniversary.
THE Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE) started as a small bureau in 1908 and became a department with the enactment of Act 4121 on December 8, 1933. Today, the organization and functions of the department are in accordance with the provisions of Executive Order No. 126,...

Gov't remiss in handling labor issues - Ramos.
Byline: HANNAH L. TORREGOZA Former President Fidel V. Ramos yesterday said the government's method of ironing out labor issues has not been adequate to answer the various demands of workers, especially higher wages. The former chief executive said that even though President Arroyo has acknowledged...

C. Visayas remains free of labor strike.
Byline: MARS W. MOSQUEDA JR. CEBU CITY -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE) here said that the entire Central Visayas region recorded zero strike since January this year, citing industrial peace and harmonious relationship between workers and employers as the reasons. The same...