Creation of the Bureau of Labor

Enforce existing labor and capital laws and promote the enactment of laws improving workers' material, social, intellectual, and moral conditions.
Collect and provide detailed statistical labor data including hours, wages, employment status, demographics, living conditions, property ownership, cost of living, family dependents, and workplace safety.
Investigate labor conditions in all workplaces including shops, factories, railways, and penal institutions.
Promote safety and health measures to prevent accidents and ensure proper compensation for injuries.
Address payment conditions and ensure certainty of wages.
Study labor relations including savings banks, strikes, suspensions, mutual benefit organizations, insurance societies, and cooperative production.
Monitor private labor employment agencies and labor support organizations.

Empowered to inspect workplaces and labor centers, public or private.
Authorized to legally act to protect workers’ health and lives.
Aid workers in securing just compensation for labor and indemnities for workplace injuries.

Authorized to establish employment agencies in towns deemed necessary or advisable.

With Governor-General's approval, can administer oaths, issue subpoenas and subpoenas duces tecum.
Can take affidavits and testimonies of witnesses and experts during official investigations.

Bureau headed by a Director of Labor and an Assistant Director of Labor.
Both appointed by the Governor-General with Philippine Commission consent.
The Director performs all Bureau powers and duties; the Assistant acts in Director’s absence and performs additional duties as delegated.
Salaries set at ₱7,000 per annum for Director and ₱4,000 per annum for Assistant Director.