Book V — Labor Relations
Article 245
ELI5— what this means for you
Managerial employees cannot join any union. Supervisory employees can form their own separate union, but cannot join the same union as rank-and-file workers.
Key point
Managers cannot join unions. Supervisors can have their own union but not the rank-and-file union.
Official text — PD 442
Ineligibility of managerial employees to join any labor organization; right of supervisory employees.
Managerial employees are not eligible to join, assist or form any labor organization. Supervisory employees shall not be eligible for membership in a labor organization of the rank-and-file employees but may join, assist or form separate labor organizations of their own. (As amended by Section 18, Republic Act No. 6715, March 21, 1989)
Source: lawphil.net (PD 442 as amended)
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