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The 2025 NLRC Rules: Consolidating Reforms And Narrowing Procedural Leeway
The 2025 NLRC Rules of Procedure (“2025 Rules”), which became effective 13 January 2026, replaced the 2011 NLRC Rules of Procedure, as amended (“2011 Rules”), after nearly fifteen years of application. Although the 2025 issuance has been described as a major procedural overhaul, a closer comparison shows that the reform is largely a recalibration rather than a wholesale restructuring.
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