The Department of Justice (DOJ) , along with the Civil Service Commission (CSC), Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), Department of Finance (DOF) and Department of Budget and Management (DBM) spearheaded the launching and ceremonial signing of the 2024 Rules and Regulations of Executive Order (E.O.) No. 180 series 1987, “Governing the Exercise of the Right of Government Employees to Self-Organize.”

By virtue of E.O. 180, the Public Sector Labor Management Council (PSLMC) was also established to promulgate rules and regulations to govern the right of government employees to form employee organizations, be recognized and accorded rights and privileges by the State.

Some of the salient provisions of the 2024 IRR contain the Registration of National Employees' Organizations (NEO) which is the coalition of registered employee organizations within an agency for the purpose of Collective Negotiation Agreements (CNAs), provided clearer qualifications and criteria for personel eligibility to join employee organizations, use of electronic filing of pleadings/documents and online platforms, integration of new council policies, employee elections and other important guidelines.

“Government employees are the engine of our bureaucracy, the unseen hands that guide the ship of state.  They translate policy into action, rights into realities, and service into progress.  Their ability to organize is pivotal to a responsive and resilient government,” Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin “Boying” C. Remulla said in his welcome remarks delivered by Undersecretary Fredderick A. Vida.

“Today, as we inscribe our names unto  this document, we celebrate the role of each government employee in shaping a government that is of the people, by the people and for the people,” the Secretary added.

“The IRR we sign today is a promise - a promise to safeguard the rights of those who serve our country, to support their well-being and to support their invaluable contribution to our nation,” Remulla said in his message.

In 2004, the 1987 Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of EO 180 was amended.

After a series of consultations, study, review and scrutiny of the old IRR, the Council was able to revise the old IRR in 2023 which paved way to the historical signing of the 2024 IRR today.

Secretary Remulla extended his gratitude to PSLMC and to every individual who contributed to this IRR.

“Your work has fortified the structure within which our government operated,” Remulla concluded.