INTRODUCTION TO

INDUSTRIAL AND
LABOR
RELATIONS
By Atty. Aaron Anthony Labordo
 AGENDA

• Discuss the historical background of labor in

general, here in the Philippines.
• Define the concept of Social Legislation.
• Differentiate Labor Standards vs Labor
Relations
• Constitutional Guarantee for Labor
What is Labor?
- Physical or mental exertion
necessary to produce goods.

- Labor force who are employed or

those who are willing to work but
are temporarily or involuntarily
unemployed.
What is Labor Law?
- Rules of law governing
conditions under which persons
may work under the control of
another person such as an
employer.
What is Labor
Standards?
- Terms and conditions of employment
o Wages
o Monetary benefits
o Hours of work
o Cost of living allowances
o Occupational health, safety and
welfare of workers
What is Labor
Relations?
- All matters arising from employer-
employee relationship, all embracing.
o Exercise to right to self-
organization
o Collective bargaining
o Negotiation process
o Proper Bargaining Issues
What is Industrial
Relations?
- refers to all types of relations between
employers and workers, be they at
national, regional or company level;
and to all dealings with social and
economic issues, such as wage setting,
working time and working conditions.
What is Social
Legislations?
- Law governing employer-employee
relationship while the latter is not “at
work” due to hazards beyond his control
arising from employment which
immobilize him from working.
- Purpose – uplift and protect the welfare of
worker and his or her family on acct of
effects of employment such as diseases,
injuries, disabilities or death.
 CAPSULE HISTORY

Spanish Regime
Old Civil Code - regulated relations between master Martial Law Era
and domestic servant PD No. 2 – land reform of the whole Phil.
Code of Commerce – regulated relations between PD No. 27 – Emancipation Decree – freeing tenants
employer and employee from bondage of the soil.
American Regime Contemporary
Chinese Registry Act PD 442 Labor Code of the Philippines – revising and
Employers Liability Act consolidating labor and social laws to afford
Woman and Child Labor Law (against economic protection of labor, promote employment and
exploitation) human resources development.
Workmen’s Compensation Act
Anti-Slavery Law
 CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS OF WORKERS

Right to self-organization
Right to collective bargaining
Right to security of tenure
Right to just and humane conditions of work
Right to collective negotiations
Right to peaceful concerted activities
Right to strike
Right to a living wage
Right to participate in policy and decision-making processes