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October 9, 2013NLRC EN BANC RESOLUTION NO. 010-13WHEREAS, Article 224 (a) of the Labor Code, as amended, states that — ". . . . In any case, it shall be the duty of the responsible officer to separately furnish immediately the counsels of record and the parties with copies of said decisions, orders or awards. Failure to comply with the duty prescribed herein shall subject such responsible officer to appropriate administrative sanctions."WHEREAS, Section 4, Rule III of the 2011 NLRC Rules of Procedure, as amended, does not include personal service as a mode of serving decisions and final awards on both parties and their counsel; WHEREAS, to effect immediate service of decisions and final awards, there is a need to supplement Section 4, Rule III of the 2011 NLRC Rules of Procedure, as amended;WHEREFORE, RESOLVED AS IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED, that Section 4, Rule III of the 2011 NLRC Rules of Procedure, as amended, shall read as follows:b) In case of decisions and final awards, copies thereof shall be served on both parties and their...