Labor Code Amendments: List of Laws
Laws that amended the Labor Code (PD 442), from PD 570-A in 1974 to RA 6715, RA 6727, RA 10151 on night work and RA 11360 on service charges.
| Law | Date as printed on the law | What it changed | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Presidential Decree No. 570-A | Took effect November 1, 1974 | Amended and renumbered many articles of the original 1974 text, a few months after the Code was issued | Presidential Decree No. 570-A, Supreme Court E-Library |
| Presidential Decree No. 626 | Done December 27, 1974; took effect January 1, 1975 | Rewrote Title II of Book Four on employees' compensation and the State Insurance Fund (now Articles 172 [166] to 215 [208-A]) | Presidential Decree No. 626, Supreme Court E-Library |
| Presidential Decree No. 850 | Done December 16, 1975 | Changed Book Three rules on hours of work and rest days, including Articles 82, 91 and 92, and the article against retaliation for filing a complaint (now Article 118) | Presidential Decree No. 850, Supreme Court E-Library |
| Presidential Decree No. 1368 | Took effect May 1, 1978 | Employees' compensation, including paragraphs (a) and (b) of the article on permanent total disability (now Article 198 [192]) | Presidential Decree No. 1368, Supreme Court E-Library |
| Presidential Decree No. 1641 | Done September 21, 1979; took effect January 1, 1980 | Employees' compensation, including paragraph (b) of the article on permanent total disability (now Article 198 [192]) | Presidential Decree No. 1641, Supreme Court E-Library |
| Batas Pambansa Blg. 70 | Approved May 1, 1980 | Unfair labor practices (now Articles 258 [247] to 260 [249]) | Batas Pambansa Blg. 70, Supreme Court E-Library |
| Batas Pambansa Blg. 130 | Approved August 21, 1981 | Labor relations, including unfair labor practices of employers (now Article 259 [248]) and strikes and lockouts (now Article 278 [263]) | Batas Pambansa Blg. 130, Supreme Court E-Library |
| Executive Order No. 111 | Done December 24, 1986 | Strike notice and strike vote (now Article 278 [263], paragraphs (c) and (f)) and other articles | Executive Order No. 111, Supreme Court E-Library |
| Republic Act No. 6715 | Approved March 2, 1989 | Preference of workers' claims when the employer goes bankrupt (Article 110), recovery of wages through the Regional Director (Article 129), the NLRC and the Labor Arbiters (now Articles 220 [213] to 224 [217]), and assumption of jurisdiction in labor disputes (now Article 278 [263], paragraphs (g) and (i)) | Republic Act No. 6715, Supreme Court E-Library |
| Republic Act No. 6727 (Wage Rationalization Act) | Approved June 9, 1989 | Minimum wages set by the Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Boards (Article 99) and the articles on wage boards and wage distortion (Articles 120 to 124) | Republic Act No. 6727 (Wage Rationalization Act), Supreme Court E-Library |
| Republic Act No. 7641 | Approved December 9, 1992 | Retirement pay (now Article 302 [287]) | Republic Act No. 7641, Supreme Court E-Library |
| Republic Act No. 7730 | Approved June 2, 1994 | Compliance orders under the visitorial and enforcement power (Article 128, paragraph (b)) | Republic Act No. 7730, Supreme Court E-Library |
| Republic Act No. 8558 | Approved February 26, 1998 | Retirement of underground mine workers (now Article 302 [287]) | Republic Act No. 8558, Supreme Court E-Library |
| Republic Act No. 9347 | Lapsed into law July 27, 2006 | Composition and organization of the NLRC (old Articles 213 to 216, now Articles 220 to 223) | Republic Act No. 9347, Supreme Court E-Library |
| Republic Act No. 9481 | Lapsed into law May 25, 2007 | Labor organizations and their registration (several old articles between Article 234 and Article 258-A) | Republic Act No. 9481, Supreme Court E-Library |
| Republic Act No. 10151 | Approved June 21, 2011 | Added the chapter on night workers (Articles 154 to 161), repealed old Articles 130 and 131, and renumbered the chapters and articles that follow | Republic Act No. 10151, Supreme Court E-Library |
| Republic Act No. 10361 (Batas Kasambahay) | Approved January 18, 2013 | Repealed the old chapter on househelpers (Articles 139 [141] to 150 [152]) in its Section 44 | Republic Act No. 10361 (Batas Kasambahay), Sec. 44, Supreme Court E-Library |
| Republic Act No. 10395 | Approved March 14, 2013 | Tripartism and tripartite councils (now Article 290 [275]) | Republic Act No. 10395, Supreme Court E-Library |
| Republic Act No. 10396 | Approved March 14, 2013 | Added mandatory conciliation-mediation of labor disputes (now Article 234 [228]) | Republic Act No. 10396, Supreme Court E-Library |
| Republic Act No. 10741 | Approved January 12, 2016 | The NLRC (Articles 220 [213] and 222 [215]) | Republic Act No. 10741, Supreme Court E-Library |
| Republic Act No. 10757 | Approved April 8, 2016 | Retirement of surface and underground mine workers (Article 302 [287]) | Republic Act No. 10757, Supreme Court E-Library |
| Republic Act No. 10789 | Approved May 3, 2016 | Added Article 302-A: a professional racehorse jockey licensed by the Philippine Racing Commission is compulsorily retired at 55 and is entitled to the retirement benefits of Article 302 | Republic Act No. 10789, Sec. 3, Supreme Court E-Library |
| Republic Act No. 11360 | Approved August 7, 2019 | Rewrote Article 96: all service charges collected by hotels, restaurants and similar establishments go completely and equally to the covered workers, except managerial employees | Republic Act No. 11360, Supreme Court E-Library |
Notes
- The articles of the Labor Code were renumbered in 2015 by a DOLE issuance that Republic Act No. 10741 and Republic Act No. 10757 call "Department Advisory Order No. 01, Series of 2015". Articles below 130 kept their numbers. See Labor Code renumbered: old vs new articles.
- This list is not complete. It shows only laws whose page was read on the Supreme Court E-Library. Laws known to us only by name (for example Republic Act No. 6725, Republic Act No. 7655, Executive Order No. 252, Presidential Decree No. 608 and Batas Pambansa Blg. 227) are left out until their text is read.
- Some laws that were read are also left out because they do not rewrite an article of the Code: Republic Act No. 11058, Republic Act No. 11210 (expanded maternity leave), Republic Act No. 11641 and Republic Act No. 11996. The 2022 DOLE edition notes that Republic Act No. 11210 supersedes Article 131 [133]; see Leave benefits.
- Article 302-A on racehorse jockeys is not printed in the 2022 DOLE edition of the Code used on this site. What the table says about it comes from Section 3 of Republic Act No. 10789.
- Republic Act No. 6715 was approved on March 2, 1989. The Omnibus Rules Implementing the Labor Code say it took effect on March 21, 1989.
- To read an article as it stands now, open its page: for example Article 96 on service charges, Article 110 on worker preference, [Article 234 [228] on mandatory conciliation](/law/labor-code/article-234) and [Article 302 [287] on retirement pay](/law/labor-code/article-302).
- Made-up example: Ramon reads a 1990s court decision that cites "Article 287" on retirement. Article 287 is the old number; today the same rule is Article 302, as amended by Republic Act No. 7641, Republic Act No. 8558 and Republic Act No. 10757.
- For your rights at work in plain language, see Employee rights and Wages and hours. If you have a labor problem, see How to file a labor complaint and Free legal help.
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