EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 895
EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 895 - CREATING
EMPLOYEE-MANAGEMENT COMMITTEES IN ALL GOVERNMENT-OWNED AND CONTROLLED
CORPORATIONS AND AN EMPLOYEE-MANAGEMENT CONSULTATIVE COUNCIL IN THE
CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION
WHEREAS, labor relations in the
government-owned or controlled corporations are governed within the
framework-established by the Civil Service Law, rules and regulations;
WHEREAS, there is a need to improve the existing framework to make it
more responsive in expeditious settlement of the grievances and in
providing for a forum for regular and meaningful dialogue between
employees and management in government-owned or controlled
corporations.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines,
by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution, do hereby
order the creation of Employee-Management Committees in every
government-owned or controlled corporation, and an Employee-Management
Consultative Council in the Civil Service Commission.
Section 1. Composition. —
a.
The Employee-Management Committee shall be composed of as many
representatives of management and of the employees as may be deemed
adequate for the furtherance of the purposes of this Order, provided
that both parties shall have equal representation in the said Committee.
b. The
Employee-Management Consultative Council shall be composed of permanent
representatives from the Civil Service Commission and the Ministry of
Labor and Employment, representatives from the Employee-Management
Committee which has elevated a grievance to the Council, and a
representative from the Ministry/Agency to which the corporation
involved is attached. The Civil Service Commission in coordination with
the Ministry of Labor and Employment may provide, through the
implementing rules the system of representation in the Council for the
Committees and for the Ministries/Agencies concerned where more than
one corporation or Ministry/Agency may be involved in the matter
brought before the Council.
Sec. 2. General Guidelines for the Operation of
the Committee and the Council.
a.
Grievances shall refer to physical working conditions, placement of
employees, work distribution, performance appraisal, arbitrary actions,
lay-offs and transfers, selection and promotion, and other matter that
gives rise to employee dissatisfaction.
b. All
grievable matters shall be decided at the lowest possible level in
accordance with Civil Service Law, rules and regulations and shall,
before the elevation to the Civil Service Commission or to the Council,
be taken up before the Employee-Management Committee.
c. Subject to
the above requirement, existing procedures for the filing and
disposition of cases involving administrative, disciplinary or
personnel action shall be maintained. Grievances which are not settled
at the Committee level and which do not fall under the foregoing
enumeration, shall be endorsed by the Committee to the
Employee-Management Council for settlement and/or recommendatory action.
d. Every
Employee-Management Committee shall provide for its respective rules of
procedure which shall be kept non-adversarial and as simple as possible.
e. The Civil
Service Commission in coordination with the Ministry of Labor and
Employment shall promulgate the rules of procedure governing the
operations of the Employee-Management Consultative Council.
f. Employees
airing their grievances shall be assured freedom from coercion,
discrimination or reprisal and shall be accorded speedy and impartial
adjustment of their grievances.
Sec. 3. The Civil Service Commission shall
undertake the coordination and direction of the operations of the
Employee-Management Consultative Council.
Sec. 4. The Civil Service Commission and the
Ministry of Labor and Employment shall jointly draw up the guidelines
to implement this Executive Order.
Done in the City of Manila,
this 1st day of May in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and
Eighty-three.