Implementing Rules and Regulations of Republic Act No. 10396, or "An Act Strengthening Conciliation-Mediation as a Voluntary Mode of Dispute Settlement for All Labor Cases, Amending for this Purpose Article 228 of Presidential Decree No. 442, As Amended, Otherwise Known as the Labor Code of the Philippines"

February 22, 2016DOLE DEPARTMENT ORDER NO. 151-16IMPLEMENTING RULES AND REGULATIONS OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10396, OR "AN ACT STRENGTHENING CONCILIATION-MEDIATION AS A VOLUNTARY MODE OF DISPUTE SETTLEMENT FOR ALL LABOR CASES, AMENDING FOR THIS PURPOSE ARTICLE 228 OF PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 442, AS AMENDED, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE LABOR CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES"Pursuant to Section 2 of Republic Act No. 10396, or An Act Strengthening Conciliation-Mediation as a Voluntary Mode of Dispute Settlement for All Labor Cases, Amending for the Purpose Article 228 of Presidential Decree No. 442, Otherwise Known as the "Labor Code of the Philippines" (As Amended), the following Implementing Rules and Regulations is hereby issued:RULE IGeneral ProvisionsSECTION 1. Title. — This Implementing Rules and Regulations shall be known as the "Single Entry Approach Implementing Rules and Regulations or SEnA IRR", pursuant to Republic Act No. 10396, which institutionalized the Single Entry Approach or SEnA Program of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) and its attached agencies under Department Order No. 107-10, Series of 2010.SECTION 2. Guiding Principles. — Pursuant to the...