Labor Code · Strikes and Lockouts and · Chapter II – Assistance to Labor Organizations
Assistance by the Institute of Labor and Manpower Studies
Formerly Article 268 before the 2015 renumbering — court decisions before 2015 cite it this way.
The Institute of Labor and Manpower Studies shall render technical and other forms of assistance to labor organizations and employer organizations in the field of labor education, especially pertaining to collective bargaining, arbitration, labor standards and the Labor Code of the Philippines in general.
Sec. 20 of E.O. No. 126 (1987) created the Center for Labor Studies which “shall absorb the research and publication functions of the Institute of Labor and Manpower Studies which is hereby abolished in accordance with Section 29 (b).” It mandated the Center to “study and develop innovative and indigenous approaches towards the promotion of harmonious and productive labor-management relations and the improvement of workers’ welfare services.” Six months later, Sec. 3 of E.O. No. 251 (1987) amended E.O. No. 126 and created the Institute for Labor Studies.
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.