Section 28Sec./Art. 28

Employee Relations and Services (a) Employee-Employer Relations. Every head of department, bureau, office or agency shall take all proper steps toward the creation of an atmosphere conductive to good employee-supervisor relations and the improvement of employee morale. For this purpose, the head of each department, bureau, office or agency shall make provisions for employees' health, welfare, counseling, recreation, and similar services.

(b) Complaints and Grievances. Employees shall have the right to present their complaints and/or grievances to the management and have them adjudicated as expeditiously as possible in the best interest of the agency, the Government as a whole and the employee concerned. Such complaints and/or grievances shall be resolved at the lowest possible echelon in the department, bureau, office or agency, as the case may be, and the employee shall have the right to appeal such decision to higher authorities.

Each department bureau, office or agency shall promulgate rules and regulations governing expeditious, fair and equitable adjustment of employees' complaints and/or grievances in accordance with the policies enunciated in this Act.

(c) Limitation on the Right to Strike. The terms and conditions of employment in the Government, including any political subdivision or instrumentality thereof, are governed by law and it is declared to be the policy of the Government that the employees therein shall not strike for the purpose of securing changes in their terms and conditions of employment. Such employees, however, may belong to any labor organization which does not impose the obligation to strike or to join strikes: Provided, That, this section shall apply only to employees employed in governmental functions and not to those employed in proprietary functions of the Government including, but not limited to, governmental corporations.