The Court of Appeals (CA) should be barred from entertaining appeals of labor cases to avoid “the systematic delay” in the resolution of such controversies, a lawmaker said over the weekend.

Rep. Karlo Alexei Nograles of Davao City, chairperson of the House Committee on Labor, said that many cases related to labor are “running in circles” because the appeals process is redundant, allowing “legal manipulations to delay justice”.

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