Question & AnswerQ&A (NLRC Resolution NO. 11-01-91)
Decisions, awards or orders of the Labor Arbiter and the POEA Administrator shall be final and executory if not appealed within the prescribed period.
Within ten (10) calendar days from receipt of the decision, award, or order.
Within five (5) calendar days from receipt of such decisions, awards, or orders.
The last day to perfect the appeal shall be the next working day.
A cash or surety bond issued by a reputable bonding company duly accredited by the Commission or the Supreme Court in an amount equivalent to the monetary award.
Yes, the Commission may reduce the amount of the bond in meritorious cases upon motion of the appellant.
No, the bond amount is equivalent to the monetary award exclusive of moral and exemplary damages as well as attorney's fees.
Ten (10) days after publication in at least two newspapers of general circulation.
Article 218(a) of the Labor Code as amended.
The resolution was adopted by the NLRC Commission sitting en banc, including Chairman Bartolome S. Carale and several Commissioners such as Romeo B. Putong and Vicente S. E. Veloso III.