NLRC EN BANC RESOLUTION NO. 14-13 DELETING ITEM NO. 15 OF EN BANC NO. 19-11 October 11, 2013

WHEREAS, Art. XIII, Section 3, 3^rdparagraph of the Constitution provides that “the State shall promote the principle of shared responsibility between workers and employers in the preferential use of voluntary modes of settling disputes, including conciliation and shall enforce their mutual compliance therewith to foster industrial peace”;

WHEREAS, on 30 May 2011, the Commission passed En Banc Resolution No. 19-11, Series of 2011, which provides for the schedule of fees and charges to be collected for certain services, including – “Item No. 15: attestation fee for quitclaim and walk-in settlement”;

WHEREAS, in line with the policy of the State giving primacy to and encouraging availment of voluntary modes in settling disputes, and amicable settlement through conciliation and mediation shall be free of charge;

WHEREFORE, RESOLVEDas it is herebyRESOLVED, that the aforementioned item “15” in the schedule of fees is deleted. Hence, En Banc Resolution No. 19-11 is hereby amended to read as follows:

1. Certificate of Pending/No Pending Cases	Php500.00
2. Transcript of Stenographic Notes	15.00/page
3. Certified Machine Copies	5.00/page
4. Filing Fee for Petition for injunction/TRO	5,000.00
5. Injunction Expenses Fund (refundable)	+5,000.00 minimum
6. Filing Fee for Extraordinary Remedies (ER)	5,000.00
7. ER with prayer for Injunction/TRO (Injunction Expenses Fund, refundable)	+5,000.00 minimum
8. Docket Fee under BP 325 a. 1stPhp2,000.00 b. Php2,001.00 to Php18,000.00 c. Over Php18,000.00	20.00 90.00 (x 0.5%)
9. Filing Fee for Motion to Quash (re: Writ of Execution)	3,000.00
10. Filing Fee for Motion to Recompute Award	700.00
11. Filing Fee for Third party claim	7,000.00
12. Execution Fee (to be charged pro rata) a. For award less than Php5,000.00 b. Php5,000.00 or more but less than Php20,000.00 c. Php20,000.00 or more but less than Php50,000.00 d. Php50,000.00 or more but less than Php100,000.00 e. Php100,000.00 or more but less than Php150,000.00 f. Php150,000.00 or more	200.00 400.00 600.00 800.00 1,000.00 1,000.00 plus 10.00 for every 1,000.00 in excess of Php150,000.00
13. Appeal fee	500.00
14. Legal Research Fee (UP LAW CENTER)	20.00
15. Motion for Postponement Fee	500.00

Unless otherwise provided by law, rules or regulation, litigants (a) whose gross income and that of the members of their family do not exceed an amount double the monthly minimum wage for an employee and (b) who do not own real property with a fair market value as stated in the current tax declaration of more than Three Hundred Thousand (Php300,000.00) pesos, shall be considered indigent litigants and shall be exempted from immediate payment of fees/charges, upon execution of an affidavit to that effect.

In such case, the fees/charges shall be a lien on any judgment rendered in the case favorable to the indigent litigant unless it is otherwise provided in the decision.

Any insufficiency in the amount paid by reason of the imposition of new fees shall allow the concerned party five (5) days within which to pay the deficiency. The grace period shall be applicable only during the transitory period of six (6) months.

This Resolution shall take effect after fifteen (15) days from publication in newspaper of general circulation.

Signed this 11^thday of October 2013 at Tagaytay City, Philippines.