Policy and Purpose Statement
- Executive Order No. 158 recognizes that relations between labor and management are sometimes marred by industrial disputes arising from misunderstandings of mutual rights and obligations.
- Executive Order No. 158 declares that industrial peace is the climate necessary for speedy rehabilitation and development of the country.
- Executive Order No. 158 directs that industrial disputes must be minimized, if not avoided, through amicable adjustment of labor disputes.
- Executive Order No. 158 establishes that there is a need for an agency to help bring labor and management to the best understanding possible.
- Executive Order No. 158 instructs that labor problems should be approached from the broadest perspective compatible with the just exercise of management’s right to direct its enterprises.
Board Creation and Composition
- Executive Order No. 158 creates a Labor-Management Advisory Board.
- Executive Order No. 158 provides that the Board is composed of a Chairman and such members as the President may appoint.
- Executive Order No. 158 requires that one-half of the members be chosen from labor elements, and the other half from management elements of the country.
- Executive Order No. 158 provides that members of the Board who are not Government officials receive per diems fixed by the President.
Core Duties and Advisory Functions
- Executive Order No. 158 requires the Board to assist the President of the Philippines in formulating labor policies of the Government.
- Executive Order No. 158 requires the Board to advise the Secretary of Labor regarding the administration of labor laws.
- Executive Order No. 158 tasks the Board to study ways and means of preventing or minimizing industrial and other labor disputes.
- Executive Order No. 158 authorizes the Board to assist the Secretary of Labor and other Government agencies in endeavoring to reconcile parties in an industrial strife and induce them to settle amicably.
Administrative Linkages and Who the Board Assists
- Executive Order No. 158 establishes the Board as an advisory and assistance body to the President on labor policy formulation.
- Executive Order No. 158 establishes the Board as an advisory body to the Secretary of Labor on administration of labor laws.
- Executive Order No. 158 requires coordination support by directing the Board to assist the Secretary of Labor and other Government agencies in reconciliation efforts.
- Executive Order No. 158 places the Board’s dispute-prevention function alongside its dispute-reconciliation function, both aimed at amicable settlement.