Day 1: Dispute Resolution Process in Asia Session II: Dispute Resolution Process in Asia: Theory and Reality (2) "Labor Dispute Settlement in the Philippines"

I. Policy Considerations -Method of Dispute SettlementA. The preferential use of voluntary means of dispute settlement is an avowed policy of the State.Every effort is exerted by the law to foster and implement the practice of voluntarism in the firm belief that real and lasting industrial peace cannot be achieved by legal compulsion but must essentially rest on a voluntary basis.B. Compulsory arbitration as a method of dispute settlement is very limited and used only in one instance -only "where there exists a labor dispute causing or likely to cause a strike or lockout in an industry indispensable to the national interest.Even so, "before or at any stage of the compulsory arbitration process, the parties may opt to submit their dispute to voluntary arbitration. II.