Administrative Code of 1987
Section 2. Mandate. - The Department shall be the primary policy-making, programming, coordinating and administrative entity of the Executive Branch of the government in the field of labor and employment. It shall assume primary responsibility for:
(1) The promotion of gainful employment opportunities and the optimization of the development and utilization of the country's manpower resources;
(2) The advancement of workers' welfare by providing for just and humane working conditions and terms of employment;
(3) The maintenance of industrial peace by promoting harmonious, equitable, and stable employment relations that assure equal protection for the rights of all concerned parties.