Presidential Decree No. 620 (PD 620) — Creating an Institute of Labor and Manpower Studies in the Department of Labor.
WHEREAS, the Department of Labor has been assigned expanded
tasks and responsibilities under the Labor Code of the Philippines,
resulting in the increased complexity of its technical and
administrative functions;
WHEREAS, there is a need for these duties and
responsibilities to be completely aligned with the entire context of our
social and economic policy, which in turn requires the development of
an innovative and resourceful corps of Department of Labor functionaries
who will carry out those functions, as well as a continuing system of
research and study in labor and manpower that will serve the ends of
development;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the
Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution,
do hereby order and decree:
SECTION 1. There is hereby created in the Department of
Labor an Institute of Labor and Manpower Studies, hereinafter referred
to as the Institute, which shall be headed by an Executive Director
under the immediate supervision of the Secretary of Labor.
SEC. 2. The Executive Director shall be appointed by the
President of the Philippines upon recommendation of the Secretary of
Labor, and shall receive an annual salary of P36,000.00. He must have a
master's degree in economics, public administration or any of the social
sciences and must have experience in the labor or manpower fields for
at least five (5) years.
SEC. 3. The Institute shall have the following powers and
functions:
To serve as a staff training center for officials and employees
of the Department of Labor;
To develop and publish manuals for the guidance of all
officials of the Department of Labor in all levels of labor and manpower
administration;
To prepare and conduct, singly or in cooperation with
government and private training institutions, management development and
professional upgrading courses for personnel of the Department of Labor
and other government agencies, as well as members of workers' and
employers' organizations;
To serve as national clearing house of information on labor and
management policy;
To undertake researches and studies in all areas of labor and
manpower administration and policy, including labor standards, labor
relations, occupational health and safety, manpower development and
placement and other subjects related thereto;
To undertake, or authorize the undertaking and funding, of
operations for the purpose of gathering information in aid of the
foregoing functions;
To enter into agreements with international or bilateral
agencies for the carrying out of the foregoing functions; and
To expand the scope of its research interest into the countries
of Southeast Asia, particularly the ASEAN Sub-region.
SEC. 4. The Institute shall receive policy guidance from
the Secretary of Labor, aided by a Council of the Institute of Labor and
Manpower Studies, composed of the Secretary of Labor, the
Undersecretary of Labor, Assistant Secretaries and the directors of
bureaus under the Department of Labor.
SEC. 5. The technical staff and other personnel of the
Institute shall be appointed by the Secretary of Labor upon
recommendation of the Executive Director; Provided, That civil
service eligibility requirements and WAPCO position and salary schedules
shall not apply to positions of the Institute declared to be highly
technical by the President, upon recommendation of the Secretary of
Labor.
SEC. 6. The unexpended special funds of the Department of
Labor as of the effective date of this Decree, and all funds that will
accrue to it thereafter from workmen's compensation, safety inspection,
registration and other fees, including receipts from the operations of
the Overseas Employment Development Board and the National Seamen Board,
or such amounts thereof as may be necessary, are hereby authorized to
be appropriated for purposes of the organization and operations of the
Institute. Thereafter the necessary funds to carry out the functions of
the Institute shall be provided in annual appropriations act.
SEC. 7. The Institute is authorized to receive donations
from domestic and international organizations and other sources,
provided that the same are in accordance with law and are not repugnant
to the policies of the State.
SEC. 8. The Secretary of Labor shall issue rules and
regulations to implement the provisions of this Decree.
SEC. 9. This Decree shall take effect upon approval.
Done in the City of Manila, this 21st day of December, in the
year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-four.
(Sgd.)
FERDINAND E. MARCOS
President of the Philippines
By the President:
(Sgd.)
ALEJANDRO MELCHOR
Executive Secretary
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