Practice question
A dispute is solely an unresolved interpretation of a CBA allowance clause. The parties have applicable grievance machinery. Must they duplicate that process through mandatory SEnA simply because it is a labor dispute?
- Yes; DO249-25 has no exceptions.
- Yes; grievance machinery is abolished.
- Yes; a CBA can never govern dispute handling.
- Yes; only the employer may choose a process.
- No; the rule excepts these issues for processing through the grievance machinery.
Legal references
- https://ncmb.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/DO249-.pdf — DOLE Department Order249-25, RulesI–II, IV Section4, V and VII.
- https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2013/ra_10396_2013.html — Republic Act10396, Section1; current Labor Code Article234 [228].
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