Labor Code · National Labor Relations Commission · Chapter III – Appeal

Article 230

Execution of Decisions, Orders, or Awards

Formerly Article 224 before the 2015 renumbering — court decisions before 2015 cite it this way.

Amended
By RA 6715 (1989)

(a) The Secretary of Labor and Employment or any Regional Director, the Commission or any Labor Arbiter, or MedArbiter or Voluntary Arbitrator may, motu proprio or on motion of any interested party, issue a writ of execution on a judgment within five (5) years from the date it becomes final and executory, requiring a sheriff or a duly deputized officer to execute or enforce final decisions, orders or awards of the Secretary of Labor and Employment or Regional Director, the Commission, the Labor Arbiter or Med-Arbiter, or Voluntary Arbitrator or panel of Voluntary Arbitrators. In any case, it shall be the duty of the responsible officer to separately furnish immediately the counsels of record and the parties with copies of said decisions, orders or awards. Failure to comply with the duty prescribed herein shall subject such responsible officer to appropriate administrative sanctions.

(b) The Secretary of Labor and Employment, and the Chairman of the Commission may designate special sheriffs and take any measure under existing laws to ensure compliance with their decisions, orders or awards and those of Labor Arbiters and Voluntary Arbitrators or panel of Voluntary Arbitrators, including the imposition of administrative fines which shall not be less than Five Hundred Pesos (P500.00) nor more than Ten Thousand Pesos (P10,000.00).

Editor’s notes from DOLE (1)

As amended by Sec. 13 of R.A. No. 6715 (1989). See See 2018 DOLE Sheriffs’ Manual on Execution of Judgments and 2012 NLRC Sheriffs’ Manual on Execution of Judgment.

Text and numbering follow the Department of Labor and Employment's 2022 edition of Presidential Decree No. 442, as amended and renumbered under DOLE Department Advisory No. 01, series of 2015. Former article numbers are shown in brackets. Notes are DOLE's editorial notes. Amendments after that edition are not included. For information and research only, and not legal advice. For certified copies, refer to the Official Gazette or the issuing agency.