MANILA — The Department of Labor and Employment (Dole) forged a memorandum of agreement (MOA) with maritime industry leaders for the creation of Maritime Industry Labor Arbitration (Mila) that will fast track the resolution of the maritime cases pending with the National Labor Relations Commission (NLRC) and the National Conciliation and Mediation Board (NCMB).
The agreement signed last Tuesday between Labor Acting Secretary Marianito Roque and heads of different maritime organizations and agencies is hoped to pursue the voluntary arbitration as a mode of settling labor disputes within the industry.
Roque said the parties agreed to create Mila council where the NCMB will act as its secretariat and members will come from the government, manning agencies, and seafarers.
According to Roque, the government initially set aside P15,000 per case and the funding will come from the budget of NCMB.
He said the “purpose of creating Mila is for the immediate and voluntary resolution of the case because it would greatly help the seafarers.”
Asked how many cases the council will cover, Roque said they have no exact figure yet but they will check on the records of the NLRC where majority of the labor cases are pending and being filed.
He said a drafting committee has been assigned by the council to check on the cases and work on the guidelines. They are hoping they will complete the rules and gather all the needed data in the next two weeks.
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