Table of Jurisdictions in Labor Disputes

Office/Agency/Court Original Jurisdiction Appellate Jurisdiction

1. The President of the
Philippines
compulsory arbitration of
national interest labor
disputes (LC, Art. 268(g))

2. The Secretary of Labor
and Employment
compulsory arbitration of
national interest labor
disputes (LC, Art. 268(g));

issuance of compliance
orders/writs of execution
to enforce labor
standards based on labor
inspection findings (LC,
Art. 128(b))

Appeals from

the BLRs denial of
application for
registration of
federations, etc. (IR, Book
V, Rule IV, Sec. 6);

the Med-Arbiters order
granting the conduct of
certification election in a
petition for certification
election in an organized
establishment (IR, Rule
VIII, Sec. 17);

the Med-Arbiters order
dismissing a petition for
certification election,
whether in an organized
or unorganized
establishment (IR, Rule
VIII, Sec. 17);

the BLR directors
decision in inter- and
intra- federation disputes
and other related
disputes (IR, Rule XI, Sec.
16);

labor inspection orders
issued by the Regional
Director (LC, Art. 128(b));

decisions of the POEA in
administrative cases
against recruitment
agencies, employers and
workers (2003 POEA
Rules and Regulations,
Part VI, Rule V, Sec. 1 &
Part VII, Rule V, Sec. 1).
3. The Bureau of Labor
Relations
registration of federations
and national unions (IR,
Book V, Rule III, Sec. 1);

inter- and intra-
federation disputes and
other related disputes (IR,
Rule XI, Sec. 5)
Appeals from

the Regional Offices
denial of application for
union registration (IR,
Rule IV, Sec. 6)

the Regional Directors
decisions in inter- and
intra-union disputes and
other related disputes
(IR, Rule XI, Sec.16);

the Regional Offices
denial of CBA registration
(IR, Rule XVII, Sec. 5)
4. The Med-Arbiters (at
the Regional Offices)
representation disputes
(LC, Arts. 262 & 263);

intra- union disputes and
other related disputes,
except cancellation of
union registration and
deregistration of
collective bargaining
agreements (LC, Art. 232;
IR, Rule XI, Sec. 5)

5. The Regional Directors union registration and
cancellation of union
registration (IR, Rule III,
Sec. 1; Rule XI, Sec. 5;
Rule XIV, Sec. 1);

CBA registration and
deregistration (IR, Rule
XVII, Sec. 4; Rule XI, Sec.

5);

issuance of compliance
orders/writs of execution
to enforce labor
standards based on labor
inspection findings (LC,
Art. 128(b))

simple money claims (LC,
Art. 129)
6. The National Labor
Relations Commission
petition for extraordinary
remedies (i.e., to annul
labor arbiters order or
resolution) under 2011
NLRC Rules of Procedure,
Rule XII

certified labor disputes
affecting industries
indispensable to the
national interests (LC, Art.
269(g));

injunction cases (LC, Art.
224(e))
Appeals from

decisions of labor
arbiters (LC, Art. 223(b));

decisions of the Regional
Director in simple money
claims (Art. 129, par. 2)
7. The Labor Arbiters unfair labor cases;
termination disputes; 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; claims for
actual, moral, exemplary
and other damages
arising from employer-
employee relations; cases
arising from any violation
of Art. 270 of this Code,

including questions
involving the legality of
strikes and lock-outs; and
except for claims for
Employee Compensation,
Social Security, Medicare
and maternity benefits,
all other claims arising
from employer-employee
relations x x x x (LC, Art.
223(a));

wage distortion disputes
in unorganized
establishments (LC, Art.
124, par. 5);

claims arising out of an
employer-employee
relationship or by virtue
of any law or contract
involving Filipino workers
for overseas deployment
including claims for
actual, moral, exemplary
and other forms of
damages (R.A. 8042, Sec.
10)
8. Philippine Overseas
Employment
Administration
recruitment violations
and disciplinary action
cases (Omnibus Rules and
Regulations Implementing
R.A. No 8042, Sec. 28)

9. the Voluntary
Arbitrator
all unresolved grievances
arising from
interpretation of the CBA
and those arising from
the interpretation or
enforcement of company
personnel policies (LC,
Art. 267)

upon agreement of

parties, all labor disputes,
including unfair labor
practices and bargaining
deadlocks (LC, Art. 268)
and assumed or certified
national interest disputes
(LC, Art. 269(h));

disputes arising from the
interpretation or
implementation of a
productivity incentives
program (R.A. 6971, Sec.
9)
10. The Court of Appeals petitions for certiorari to
annul judgment of the
SOLE, NLRC, and the BLR
(RC, Rule 65)
appeals from awards/orders
of voluntary arbitrators (RC,
Rule 43)
11. The Supreme Court appeal by certiorari from
judgment of the CA in a labor
dispute (RC, Rule 45)