Art. 262. Duty To Bargain Collectively in The Absence of Cba
Art. 262. Duty To Bargain Collectively in The Absence of Cba
Art. 262. Duty To Bargain Collectively in The Absence of Cba
In the absence of an agreement or other voluntary arrangement providing as manner of collective bargaining, it
shall be the duty of employer and employees (through its representatives) to bargain collectively in accordance to
the Labor Code. Simply because it is a legal obligation under the law for the purpose of promoting industrial peace.
There is this duty because as the nature of CBA, it is the law between the contracting parties (collective bargaining
representative and the employer company). The compliance with a CBA is mandated under the law for the protection of labor.
CBA Defined
it is more than a contract, because:
it covers the whole employment relationship
prescribes the rights and duties of the parties.
It is a system of industrial self government, because:
It has grievance machinery (modes to settle disputes on their own w/o automatic court intervention)
The parties form system of private laws which may provide solution to possible problems
RATIONALE
STRENGTH OF CB METHOD
It is mandated under the constitution that the Stae shall guarantee the rights of all workers to collective bargaining. Employees
shall participate in policy and decision making processes affecting their rights and benefits as provided by law.
It is to encourage a truly democratic method of regulating the relations between the employers and employees by means of
agreements which are to be freely entered into through CBA