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This country paper enumerates aspects of the country’s
labor relations laws, practices, and procedures as they
relate to freedom of organization and unionism, collective
bargaining and negotiations, dispute settlements,
tripartism, and social dialogue, among others. It also
examines the strengths and weaknesses of the Philippine
industrial relations system, and advanced some
recommendations on the parameters of a proposed regional
framework for industrial relations in the ASEAN.
The paper emphasizes the support of the Philippines to the
current framework of cooperation and dialogue undertaken
through the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). It also pledges support to the ASEAN Labour Ministers Vision
of Mission of May 2002 outlining some industrial relations
programs priorities and to the ASEAN Labor Ministers Work
Programme endorsed by the ministers in May 2001.
The
paper is more pragmatic on the issue of whether there can
be a harmonization of policies, laws and practices
concerning industrial relations within the ASEAN.
It rationalizes that industrial relations, in
theory and practice, are country and culture specific and
largely vary on account of historical, institutional,
technological and other differences.
Thus, it recommends that recognition of
peculiarities in IR laws, policies and systems should be
promoted among ASEAN members for as long as such laws,
policies and systems are consistent with universally
accepted principles on the rights and responsibilities at
work.
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