Geography and Natural Resources of the Philippines

Welcome Geography and Natural Resources Class, did you enjoy the video presentation?  We will finish the last scenes this Thursday then proceed to class discussions.  Pls. post your assignments on the comments space below.

Labor Negotiations

Welcome to Labor Negotiations which is where you learn not just simple concepts but actual interpersonal skills in dealing with people in terms of work relations: These include employee-employer situations, employer-union situations, and employee-union situations.  These situations are possible scenarious that you will be dealing with in the future as you get involved in the industry.

For your initial reading, download the pdf in the link below.  Its a guide for labor negotiations in once of the U.S. states which can be a useful guide for you in the practice of labor negotiations. 




http://www.mml.org/pdf/lr/book.pdf

Labor Law and Legislation

Welcome to Labor Law and Legislation 2nd Sem 2012-2013.

Here you will come to know the various laws that affect businesses in the Philippines in terms of the workforce.

Labor law also called employment law is defined by the Business Dictionary (2012) as a body of rulings enforced by the government pertaining to working people and their organizations.  The same lexicon describes labor law as having two categories:

1. Collective - concerned with the relationship among the emplyer, the employee, and the union.
2. Individual - concerned with the relationship between the emplyer and the employee, emphasizing emplyee's rights in the workplace.

In the Philippines, the power to create laws rests primarily in the hands of the Legislative Branch also known as Congress.  Congress is composed of two houses:

1. Upper House = Senate - Composed of Senators whose duty in the act of making laws is to represent the ideals of the entire Philippines as one nation.
2. Lower House = House of Representatives - District Representatives (Congressmen) whose duty in the act of making laws is to represent the ideals of the area/district that they represent.
• The Lower House also has Party List members.  They are also Congressmen, but their duty is to represent sectors in the society (e.g. the poor, teachers, businessmen, drivers, and other marginalized groups).

It is Congress which makes the statutes (laws) that guide the conduct of citizens.  These laws start as proposed laws (Bills) which when finally approved become Republic Acts (R.A.).

The branch of the Philippine government which is in charge of implementing the laws passed by Congress is the Executive Branch, headed by the President.  It is under this branch which the Department of Labor and Employment Operates.

For your assignment, research the different kinds of executive issuances, and be ready to recite next meeting.