Participants from NCMB in the Basic and Advanced SEADO Training on November 11-15, 2024 Tagaytay City, Cavite – The Basic and Advanced Single Entry Assistance Desk Officer (SEADO) Trainings were successfully conducted by the National Conciliation and Mediation Board (NCMB) from November 11 to 15, 2024. This initiative highlights NCMB’s steadfast dedication to fostering harmonious continue reading : FORTIFYING NCMB’S FRONTLINES: SEADO TRAINING FOR LABOR RELATIONS HARMONY

City of Calamba, Laguna – A total of P200,000 in monetary benefits was provided to a 60-year-old construction worker under the SENA program, following the settlement of the Request for Assistance on November 28, 2024 involving a Laguna-based construction firm. The worker who dedicated 19 years of service to the company, claimed that he was continue reading : LABOR DISPUTE ON ILLEGAL DISMISSAL RESOLVED THROUGH SINGLE ENTRY APPROACH PROGRAM

Quezon City—The National Conciliation and Mediation Board joined the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) in its highly anticipated 2024 Sportsfest Opening Ceremony on October 11, 2024, at the Amoranto Sports Complex in Quezon City. The key officials and personnel of the Department and its various services, as well as its attached agencies, were present continue reading : Maroon Team Gears Up for Victory at This Year’s DOLE Sportsfest!

Alabang, Muntinlupa – “It is high time that we incorporate cybersecurity-related training for our personnel to increase their knowledge and awareness on the risks, threats and attacks on cyberspace and to fortify cybersecurity across the Board.” Deputy Executive Director Teresita Audea said in her opening message during the Board’s Cybersecurity Seminar-Workshop last July 8-10, 2024 continue reading : FUTURE DIGITAL SECURITY, READINESS ENSURED

Boracay, Aklan – The Philippine League of Labor Management Cooperation Practitioners (PHILAMCOP), Inc. in collaboration with the Regional Conciliation and Mediation Branch VI spearheaded the conduct of this year’s Visayas Cluster Convention on Labor-Management Cooperation on May 3, 2024 at Paradise Garden Resort and Convention Center, Boracay, Aklan. A total of 199 management and workers’ continue reading : LMC advocates in the Visayas region strengthen labor management relations

Tagaytay City, Cavite – Aimed at building shared understanding on the role of workplace consultations, cooperation and collective bargaining in strengthening industrial relations, the National Conciliation and Mediation Board (NMCB) and the International Labour Organization (ILO) recently pulled off a Consultation-Workshop on Labor-Management Cooperation (LMC) held on 4-5 April at Summit Ridge Tagaytay. The Consultation-Workshop continue reading : NCMB, ILO collab to identify priority agenda for productive industrial relations

Tagaytay City, Cavite – Driving towards a forward-focused pursuit and ensuring that accurate and realistic plans and budget formulation truly align with the Board’s programs, the National Conciliation and Mediation Board conducted a Planning cum Budgeting Seminar/Workshop for Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 on February 26 – March 1, 2024 at Hotel Kimberly, Tagaytay City. The continue reading : Work and Financial Plan for FY 2025 Successfully Mapped Out for NCMB

Quezon City, Metro Manila – In preparation for the upcoming third-party recertification audit of the National Conciliation and Mediation Board (NCMB), the DOLE Internal Quality Audit (IQA) Team conducted an internal audit of NCMB processes on March 7-8, 2024 at NCMB Central Office, Quezon City. The audit was conducted to determine the conformity and compliance continue reading : It’s a wrap! NCMB internal quality audit comes to a successful close

Region III – Universal Robina Corporation and Cebu Industrial Management Corporation Employee Union resolved their deadlocked items, eventually leading to the conclusion of their five-year Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) on 21 February 2024. The conciliation-mediation process and the settlement were facilitated by Conciliator-Mediator Othello B. Tongio, Jr. of the Regional Conciliation and Mediation Branch III continue reading : Manufacturing Company, Union Seal 5-Year CBA With 125 Million Economic Package

Quezon City, Metro Manila – Sharing the same vision and commitment in working towards peaceful and harmonious workplace settings, the National Conciliation and Mediation Board (NCMB) and the Philippine League of Labor Management Cooperation Practitioners (PHILAMCOP), Inc. have been long-time partners in putting labor-management cooperation (LMC) at the forefront of redefining industrial relations. Towards this continue reading : NCMB and PHILAMCOP commit to intensify collaboration towards inclusive and sustainable industrial harmony in the country

A possible strike was averted when the labor and management of Golden Gate Batangas Hospital Inc. settled their labor dispute on January 22, 2024.  RCMB IV-A. Director Edgar Aquino and Conciliator-Mediator Corazon Fegi collaboratively exerted efforts to settle the Notice of Strike concerning deadlock in CBA negotiations.   The parties conducted plant level negotiations but failed continue reading : HOSPITAL IN BATANGAS CLOSES A DEAL WITH ITS UNION WITH FOUR MILLION CBA BENEFITS

IN FULL SUPPORT: DOLE LEADERS EXTEND HAND TOPAVA’s NEW OFFICERS IN FULL SUPPORT: DOLE LEADERS EXTEND HAND TO PAVA’s NEW OFFICERS PAVA’s NEW OFFICERS The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) showed full support to the VA program and the new officers of the Philippine Association on Voluntary Arbitration, Inc. The officers’ oath taking ceremony continue reading : IN FULL SUPPORT: DOLE LEADERS EXTEND HAND TOIN FULL SUPPORT: DOLE LEADERS EXTEND HAND TO PAVA’s NEW OFFICERS