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Labor Code · A – Grievance Machinery and Voluntary

Article 277

Cost of Voluntary Arbitration and Voluntary Arbitrator’s Fee

Formerly Article 262-B before the 2015 renumbering — court decisions before 2015 cite it this way.

Not amended

The parties to a Collective Bargaining Agreement shall provide therein a proportionate sharing scheme on the cost of voluntary arbitration including the Voluntary Arbitrator’s fee. The fixing of fee of Voluntary Arbitrators, or panel of Voluntary Arbitrators, whether shouldered wholly by the parties or subsidized by the Special Voluntary Arbitration Fund, shall take into account the following factors:

(a) Nature of the case;

(b) Time consumed in hearing the case;

(c) Professional standing of the Voluntary Arbitrator;

(d) Capacity to pay of the parties; and

(e) Fees provided for in the Revised Rules of Court.

FOREIGN INVOLVEMENT IN TRADE UNION ACTIVITIES

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.