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 This work retains the text of the Labor Code of the Philippines in the original
or in its latest legislative amendment or revision.

 The current Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) may be referred
to in some provisions as:
a. Ministry of Labor and Employment
b. Ministry of Labor
c. Department of Labor

 Similarly, in line with Sec. 30 of E.O. No. 126,
(1987), the titles of
Minister, Deputy Minister, and Assistant Minister shall be understood to
refer to Secretary, Undersecretary, and Assistant Secretary, respectively.

 The Project Team decided to adopt new numerical designations for
provisions previously annexed or inserted to the Code, e.g., Articles 208-A,
238-A, etc. Old numerical designations
provisions expressly deleted by statutes were removed from the main text
but are retained in the footnotes for reference and/or educational purposes.

 The decision to designate a separate numerical designation for every
distinct article likewise acknowledges Supreme Court decisions starting
February 2013 that refer to renumbered provisions. Examples include Pepsi-
Cola v. Molon referring
1
2
pursuant Alvarez v. GTB, Inc. which mentioned

 This work already reflects the most recent amendments pursuant to R.A. No.
10741,
Relations
(2016). Section 3 of the said law contains a Renumbering C For
purposes of uniformity, Articles 213 and 215 are renumbered as Articles
220 and 222, respectively, in accordance with Department Advisory Order
No. 01, Series of 2015 issued by the Department of Labor and
Employment.

1 G.R. No. 175002, February 18, 2013
2
G.R. No. 202158, September 25, 2013