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CSC strengthens govt workers’ right to organize
By Nidz Godino
“Good employee relations are vital in advancing employee welfare and participatory governance,” Civil Service Commission (CSC) Chairman Karlo Nograles said during ceremonial signing of 2024 Rules and Regulations Governing Exercise of Right of Government Employees to Organize CSC has strengthened policy on government workers’ right to organize as it launched consolidated rules and regulations on conciliation services, effectivity of collective negotiation agreements and recognition of national employees’ organizations.
Event was held at Justice Hall of Department of Justice building in Manila.
Among key features of 2024 Rules and Regulations is inclusion of latest policies on administration of public sector employee organization, establishment of employees’ organization transition group, merger and consolidation, as well as change of name and modes of dissolution of employees’ organizations, CSC said.
It also includes latest policies on determination of sole and exclusive negotiating agent, dispute resolution and automatic accreditation of winner in certification election, CSC noted.
The 2024 Rules and Regulations is integration of promulgated and published policy resolutions approved by Public Sector Labor Management Council (PSLMC) over years, following latest amendment in 2004, CSC said.
Nograles is chair of the PSLMC “recognize that new rules and regulations may not be absolutely perfect, considering dynamic environment that they will operate within. However, this acknowledgment should not deter us from actively engaging in shaping trajectory of employee relations in public sector.”
PSLMC shall have authority to promulgate necessary rules and regulations to implement exercise of right to self-organization in public sector, according to Executive Order No. 180 signed on June 1, 1987.
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PSLMC vice chair and Labor Secretary Bienvenido Laguesma, Justice Undersecretary Fredderick Vida, Finance Undersecretary Niño Raymond Alvina and Budget Undersecretary Leo Angelo Larcia attended event.
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