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September 26, 2018NLRC EN BANC RESOLUTION NO. 002-18WHEREAS, Article 220 [213] of the Labor Code, as amended, unequivocally states that it is the Presiding Commissioner who shall sign a Certification attesting that conclusions of the division on any case submitted to it for decision were reached in consultation before the case was assigned to a member for the writing of the opinion; WHEREAS, there is a situation when a Presiding Commissioner in a division may not be able to sign the Certificate of deliberation due to a prolonged leave of absence or vacancy;WHEREFORE, RESOLVED AS IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED, that for the Luzon-based divisions, the Commission en banc authorizes the Chairman to designate a Presiding Commissioner from any of the remaining divisions, to sign the Certificate of deliberation in case of vacancy or prolonged leave of absence of the regular Presiding Commissioner.BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that for the 7th and 8th Divisions (Visayas and Mindanao, respectively), the Chairman is authorized to designate who between the remaining Commissioners shall sign the Certification.Signed this 26th day of...