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Voluntary Arbitrator
NLRC BLR Director Secretary of Labor
(VA)
Original Appellate Jurisdiction Original Jurisdiction Appellate Jurisdiction Original Jurisdiction Appellate Jurisdiction
Jurisdiction From LA (1) illegality of strike or (Appeal  SecOfLabor) A. From Med-Arbiter B. From DOLE Regional (a) Assumption of A. From Med- B. From Regional C. From BLR D. from POEA
(1) cases (1) ULP (EE or ER) Civil Aspect lockout- if agreed upon (1) registration / (1) inter-union disputes— Directors jurisdiction over Arbiter Director (1) registration / (1) Recruitment
certified by DOLE (2) Illegal Dismissal (Termination by parties (if no cancellation involving SEBA certification, (1) Petition for National Interest (a) If unorganized, (1) visitorial and cancellation involving violations and
Sec. (national dispute and no express stip. in CBA agreement, LA); federations, national certification election, cancellation of Cases SEBA Certification enforcement cases federations, national other related
interest) cases; to submit to GM or VA); (2) legislated wage unions, industry unions, consent election, run-off registration of (b) Petition to certify regarding results (128 (b)) (if contested unions, industry cases
(2) injunction (3) involving wages, rates of pay, increases and wage and trade union centers election, re-run election—for independent unions, national interest only LA); unions, and trade administrative in
cases and/or hours of work and other terms and distortion if and their local chapters, organized; for unorganized local chapters, and cases to NLRC (b) if organized, (2) visitorial under 37 union centers and character;
TRO of illegal conditions of employment; organized. (if affiliates and member but with more than 1 workers’ association (c) Petition to order granting (3) occupational their local chapters, (2) disciplinary
acts in the strike (4) A, M, Exem and other forms of unorganized, LA) organizations legitimate union; from suspend effect of conduct or order safety and health affiliates and action cases,
or lockout; damages arising from the (3) money claims of (2) request for books of (2) intra-union disputes (2) Visitorial cases under termination dismissing or violations member administrative in
(3) injunction in employer-employee relations; OFWs with CBA. (if accounts of such (3)other related labor 289 involving said (d) AIDA cases denying petition (for (4) complaints organizations character
ordinary labor (5) legality of strikes and lockouts; without CBA, LA); organizations relations disputes; unions; (e) VA Arbitration certification election, against private (2) request for books
disputes (6) money claims exceeding 5k (4) unresolved (3) intra-union disputes (4) contempt cases (3) SEBA certification if cases consent election recruitment agencies of accounts of such
(4) petition to (5001k above) [IF 5K AND grievances regarding involving such (5) injunction cases there is only 1 (f) Contempt cases runoff election and for local employment organizations
annul or modify BELOWRDbut appeal with nlrc CBA (from GM) organizations legitimate union; rerun election) may (3) intra-union
the order or also]; (5) unresolved (4) contempt cases; (4) Registration and be appealed to the disputes involving
resolution of the (7) ALL money claims of OFWs (but if grievances regarding (5) notice of merger, Deregistration of SoLE within 10 days such organizations
LA with CBA, VA); company personnel consolidation, affiliation CBAs of single (4) contempt cases;
(extraordinary (8) contested cases in visitorial and policies and change of name enterprise (5) notice of merger,
remedy) enforcement powers (128 (b)); (6) CBA violations not (6) registration of multi- consolidation,
(9) writ of exec in the absence of VA gross in character employer CBAs or affiliation and change
or incapacity; (7) labor disputes deregistration thereof. of name
(10) legislated wage increase and agreed upon by parties; (6) registration of
wage distortion (unorganized; if (8) if acted as EVAs multi-employer CBAs
organized, VA); or deregistration
(11) enforcement/ nullification of thereof.
compromise agreements;
(12) others: employees in GOCCs
without original charters;
kasambahay (exceeding 5k),
employee of cooperatives (arising
from EE-ER, not membership issue);
counterclaims of ERs against EEs;
(13) contempt cases

Regular Courts
1. Claims arising from breach of non-compete clause and other post employment conditions;
2. Claims for payment of loans of employees
3. Dismissal of corporate officers
4. Forum non conveniens
5. Constitutionality of CBA provisions