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November 16, 2012NLRC ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 11-10-12In order to thwart the practice of authorizing a non-lawyer to appear in the proceedings by virtue of a Special Power of Attorney, the following guidelines are hereby set: 1. A Special Power of Attorney issued in favor of a non-lawyer to appear as counsel for a party litigant shall not be allowed in proceedings before the Commission/Labor Arbiter.2. A party-litigant may be represented in the proceedings (but not to appear as counsel) under the following conditions:a. The party litigant, for health reasons, is unable to personally appear in the proceedings. A Medical Certificate issued by a government physician stating therein the reason/s for inability to personally appear should be presented and filed; andb. The party litigant is out of the country. Any valid document evidencing his departure such as photocopies of plane tickets or a Certification issued by the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA), Bureau of Immigration and Deportation (BID) and/or the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) should be presented and filed. There should be as many supporting...