SUPREME COURT
FLOW CHART BASE ON JURISDICTION
NLRC
LABOR ARBITER
1. ULP
2. Termination dispute
3. Cases involving wages, rates of
pay, hours of work and other
terms and conditions of
employment if accompanied with
claim for reinstatement
4. Claims for actual, moral,
exemplary and other forms of
damages arising from EER
5. Violation of Art. 264, including
illegality of strikes and lockouts
6. Involving claims for an amount
exceeding 5k regardless whether
accompanied with a claim for
reinstatement (Art. 217)
7. Non-compliance in compromise
agreements (Art. 227)
8. Execution of awards of voluntary
arbitration ( Art.262-A)
9. Overseas employment disputes
e.g. money claims arising from
such (R.A. 8040)
10. Wage distortion (where there is
no CBA ( Art. 124)
MAY ASSUME
JURISDICTION OVER CASES
IN ART. 263 (g) OR CERTIFY
THE SAME TO NLRC
REGIONAL DIRECTOR
1. Labor standard 1. Cancellation or
enforcement
2. Occupational safety and
health violation
3. Money claims arising from
labor standards violation 2. Disciplinary actions
not exceeding 5k per
individual & w/o claim for
3. All administrative
reinstatement
4. Recovery of wages and
other monetary claims &
benefits, legal interest
owing to one employed in
domestic household
service or house helper
arising from EER not
exceeding 5k and w/o 4. Disciplinary actions
claim for reinstatement
5. Violation of the
constitution and by-laws
or of the rights and
condition of membership (
Art. 241)
COURT OF APPEALS
OFFICE OF THE DOLE SECRETARY
POEA BUREAU OF LABBOR
RELATION
1. Federation/National
suspension of license Union/Trade Union
of Authority to recruit Center Registration,
of Recruitment revocation &
Agency (R.A. 8042) cancellation cases
2. Complaints involving
against OFW federations, national
union, industry unions,
cases arising out of its officers or members
rules and regulations 3. Request for
relating to licensing & examination of book of
registration of accounts of
recruitment & federation/ national
employment unions and trade
agencies union center ( Art.274)
4. Inter-union and intra-
and other special union conflicts, and all
cases administrative disputes, grievances
in character, or problems arising
involving employers, from or affecting labor
principals, management relation (
contracting partners Art. 226)
& Filipino migrant
workers
BUREAU OF LABOR VOLUNTARY
RELATIONS ARBITRATION
REGIONAL OFFICE- MED ARBITER GRIEVANCE
MACHINERY
1. Independent union/chartered local 1. Disputes
registration, revocation and concerning
cancellation cases interpretation or
2. Complaints or petitions involving
implementation
labor unions with independent
registration, chartered local, of CBA
workers assoc., its officers/ 2. Disputes
members concerning
3. Election of officers interpretation
4. CBA registration of independent and enforcement
local & chartered local of company
5. Other intra-union & inter-union &
personnel
related labor relation disputes
shall be heard & resolved by the
policies
Med-Arbiter in the Reg. Off. 3. All other
6. Request for examination of books grievances as
of accounts of individual labor defined in the
union and chartered local ( Art. CBA
274) 4. Wage distortion
7. Actions arising from Art. 241 from
when there is a
administration & accounting of
CBA ( Art. 124)
union funds
8. Petition for certification of election
(appealed to Sec. of Labor &
not to BLR)