Text of the provision

Art. 45. National Manpower and Youth Council; Composition. To carry out the objectives of this Title, the National Manpower and Youth Council, which is attached to the Department of Labor for policy and program coordination and hereinafter referred to as the Council, shall be composed of the Secretary of Labor as ex-officio chairman, the Secretary of Education and Culture as ex-officio vice-chairman, and as ex-officio members, the Secretary of Economic Planning, the Secretary of Natural Resources, the Chairman of the Civil Service Commission, the Secretary of Social Welfare, the Secretary of Local Government, the Secretary of Science and Technology, the Secretary of Trade and Industry and the Director-General of the Council. The Director General shall have no vote. In addition, the President shall appoint the following members from the private sector: two

(2) representatives of national organizations of employers; two

(2) representatives of national workers’ organizations; and one representative of national family and youth organizations, each for a term of three

(3) years.

Labor Code of the Philippines, Presidential Decree No. 442, as amended. Reproduced in full from the official enactment and verified against the LawPhil and ChanRobles renderings.

What this article means

Creates the National Manpower and Youth Council, attached to the Department of Labor for policy and program coordination. It is chaired ex officio by the Secretary of Labor, vice-chaired by the Secretary of Education and Culture, with other department heads as members and a non-voting Director-General; the President also appoints private-sector members—two from employers’ organizations, two from workers’ organizations, and one from family and youth organizations—each for three years.

Related provisions

A note on article numbers. The articles of the Labor Code have been administratively renumbered, so the same provision is often cited under a different number. Supreme Court decisions write both, in the form “Article 297 [282]” — the new number first, the original in brackets. The text on this page is published under its original number, which is the numbering both source texts use. When citing, check which numbering your source follows.

Cases interpreting this article

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