Short answer. No — not by itself. Under Rule 43, the appeal shall not stay the award, judgment, final order or resolution sought to be reviewed unless the Court of Appeals directs otherwise upon such terms as it may deem just. Enforcement continues unless you persuade the Court of Appeals to halt it.
What the law says
The appeal shall not stay the award, judgment, final order or resolution sought to be reviewed unless the Court of Appeals shall direct otherwise upon such terms as it may deem just.
Rule 43, Section 12 — Effect of appeal. Read the full provision →
The default: the ruling keeps running
The rule leaves no room for assumption: the appeal shall not stay the award, judgment, final order or resolution sought to be reviewed unless the Court of Appeals shall direct otherwise upon such terms as it may deem just. Filing the appeal, paying the fees, perfecting everything on time — none of it, by itself, suspends what the agency ordered. If the ruling directs you to pay, cease an activity, or comply with a directive, that obligation continues while the Court of Appeals reviews the case, unless and until the court says otherwise.
Why agency rulings are treated this way
This is the reverse of what many litigants expect, and the design is deliberate. Administrative agencies decide matters entrusted to them precisely because they act with speed and specialised judgment; if every appeal froze the ruling automatically, appealing would become a cheap way to buy years of non-compliance, and the agency's mandate would be suspended by the mere filing of a pleading. The rule instead puts the burden on the appealing party to show the Court of Appeals a reason why enforcement should pause — rather than making the winning party show why it should continue.
Asking the Court of Appeals for a stay
The same sentence that denies the automatic stay creates the remedy: the Court of Appeals may direct otherwise upon such terms as it may deem just. That means a stay must be requested, argued and won. The phrase upon such terms also matters — the court can condition a stay on terms it considers just, so relief may come with strings attached rather than as a clean suspension. If enforcement pending appeal would do you serious or irreversible harm, that is the case to make to the court, specifically and with evidence, not an outcome to assume.
The practical sequence
Treat the appeal and the stay as two separate battles that must be fought at once. When the adverse ruling arrives, ask counsel two questions in the same breath: how long do we have to appeal, and what happens to us while the appeal is pending? If the answer to the second is painful — an order that will be executed, a penalty that accrues, an operation that must shut — the application for a stay belongs in the plan from day one. An appellant who wins the case two years later can still lose the thing the case was about, simply because nobody asked the court to press pause.