Lockout means any temporary stoppage of work by the concerted action of employees as a result of an industrial or labor dispute.

Strike means any temporary refusal of an employer to furnish work as a result of an industrial or labor dispute.

Strike-breaker means any person who obstructs, impedes, or interferes with by force, violence, coercion, threats, or intimidation.

The Commission may sit en banc or in Eight (8) divisions, each composed of four (4) members.

Managerial employee refers to an employee who is vested with powers or prerogatives to lay down and execute management policies.

Supervisory employee refers to an employee who, in the interest of the employer, effectively recommends managerial actions.

It shall be unlawful for any person to restrain, coerce, discriminate against or unduly interfere with employees and workers.

A run-away employee is an industrial plant moved by its owners from one location to another to escape union labor regulations or state laws.

Red Sky Bargaining is the act of making exaggerated or unreasonable proposals.

Surface Bargaining is defined as “going through the motions of negotiating” without any legal intent to reach an agreement.

A contact is considered as a “sweetheart contract” when it does not substantially improve the employees’ wages and benefits.

Collective Bargaining Deadlock is the situation between the labor and the management of the company where there is failure in the CBA.

Security of Tenure is the constitutional and statutory right of every employee not to be dismissed from his work without just or valid cause.

Bargaining Representative refers to a group of employees sharing mutual interests within a given employer unit.

Probationary employment shall not exceed twelve (12) months from the date the employee started working.

Board means the National Conciliation and Mediation Board established under E.O. No. 26.

It is the policy of the State to ensure a stable but dynamic and just industrial peace.

Labor organization means any union or association of employees which exist in whole or in part for the purpose of Collective Bargaining.

It shall be unlawful for an employer to violate a collective bargaining agreement.