A December 26, 2011 press release from the Department of Labor and Employment

37,619 labor cases posted online

Labor and Employment Secretary Rosalinda Dimapilis-Baldoz yesterday reported that the DOLE marks the end of the year with a total of 37,619 labor cases posted on its online docket system.

The online case status mechanism covers all collated cases from the DOLE’s bureaus, agencies, and services.

As of November 30, 2011, the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration topped the list of online cases posted, with 29,202 cases; National Labor Relations Commission, 4,111 cases; and the Bureau of Working Conditions, with 1,372cases.

Other agencies and services that have posted their labor cases are the Legal Service with 993 posts; Professional Regulation Commission, 618; National Conciliation and Mediation Board, 504; Bureau of Labor Relations, 458; and Employees Compensation Commission, 361.

All DOLE bureaus, agencies, and services have been regularly updating their online case postings.

“Workers and employers can check this out at the DOLE’s website at www.dole.gov.ph,” Baldoz said.

Secretary Baldoz said the continuous online posting of the status of labor cases is part of its reforms in promoting transparency, accountability, and accessibility in labor arbitration and adjudication, and in boosting efficient and just resolution of all filed labor cases.

“Through the online posting, we provide our workers and employers with an accessible and cost-effective feedback mechanism to avoid delay and ensure impartiality in the settlement of their cases. Hence, we urge them to use our online system in monitoring the status of labor cases,” she said, adding:

“By just one click at the DOLE’s website, concerned parties can directly view the status of their case(s) instead of going to DOLE offices and agencies to do personal follow-up. This online mechanism promotes our “no-contact” policy,” she added.

All labor and employment cases have already been posted on the website since the online system’s inception on September 15 last year.

Through the system, one can check the status of the labor case in three easy steps, to wit: (1) log on at www.dole.gov.ph; (2) click on case status icon on the lower left portion of the web page; and (3) type in the text box the complete and exact case docket number of a particular case one would like to check.

Upon clicking the search button, the nature of a case, the case title, date case was filed, and status of the case will be displayed and can be seen.

“From time to time, they can check if their filed case is pending, for review, for evaluation, or already settled with signed order/resolution. We encourage parties to self-monitor their own cases as we give them an instant feedback online,” Baldoz said.

Baldoz said case status reports can be accessed not only at DOLE’s website, but also in links at the websites of the aforementioned bureaus and attached agencies.