University of The Philippines School of Labor and Industrial Relations - UP SOLAIR Today

UP SOLAIR Today

The school currently offers graduate degree programs in Diploma in Industrial Relations and Master of Industrial Relations. With more than 300 graduate students, SOLAIR is among the biggest graduate schools in UP Diliman.

It also regularly conducts seminars, symposia and training programs catering for human resource practitioners, cooperative practitioners and labor unions, among others.

The other officials of SOLAIR are:

Jorge V. Sibal, Director, Center for Labor and Grassroots Initiatives Rene Ofreneo, Director, Center for the Administration of Labor Justice Virgel C. Binghay, Director, Center for Labor and Industry Productivity Lilian Cruz, Administrative Officer Hipolita Recalde, Librarian

Among the various university, national and international awards received by the school are:

1. Outstanding Administrator award to Dean Jose Gatchalian on UP's Foundation Day on June 18, 1986;
2. Sikap-Gawa (Initiative and Work) Industrial Peace award to Prof. Jose Gatchalian by the Bishops-Businessmen's Conference (BBC) for Human Development in 1992;
3. Gawad Chanselor (Chancellor's award) to Prof. Maragtas Amante as "Best Faculty Researcher" and to Ms. Cecilia Basa as "Outstanding University Extension Specialist" in 1995;
4. Sikap-Gawa Industrial Peace award to Prof. Cesario Azucena, Jr. by the BBC on May 3, 1995;
5. Sikap-Gawa Industrial Peace award for "Training and Research" to UP SOLAIR by the BBC in 1996;
6. Gawad Chanselor to UP SOLAIR for "Best in Public Service" by a UP Diliman unit in 1997;
7. Quezon Medalya ng Karangalan (Medal of Honor) to Dean Rene Ofreneo for "Public Service and Industrial Relations" by the Quezon provincial government on August 19, 1998;
8. Centenary Book award to Prof. Cesario Azucena, Jr. by the Supreme Court of the Philippines on June 8, 2001;
9. Gawad Chanselor for "Best in Extension Program" to UP SOLAIR and "Best Individual Published Research" to Dr. Rene Ofreneo in 2002;
10. Gawad Chanselor for "Best in Extension Program" to UP SOLAIR in 2003;
11. Labor-Management Cooperation (LMC) Partnership award to Prof. Virgel Binghay by the Philippine Association of Labor-Management Councils, Inc. in 2003;
12. Top Ten Outstanding Dapitanon to Prof. Virgel Binghay in Industrial Relations by the Dapitan City Government in 2003;
13. UP President's International Publication award to Prof. Rene Ofreneo for the Chapter "Philippines" in the APEC HRM Handbook in 2003;
14. Natatanging (Outstanding) Alumni to Prof. Nick Barriatos for "Public Service" and Ms. Cecilia Basa for "Extension" in 2005 and to Prof. Rene Ofreneo for "Research and Public Service" in 2006 by the UP Industrial Relations Alumni Association (UP-IRAA);
15. HRD Leadership award to Prof. Virgel Binghay from the World HRD Congress in Mumbai, India in 2006;
16. Outstanding Alumni to Prof. Nick Barriatos by the Lyceum University of the Philippines in 2008; and
17. Natatanging Alumni to Prof. Virgel Binghay for "Research" by the UP-IRAA in 2008
18. UP SOLAIR Master of Industrial Relations (MIR) was included in the top 200 best Masters in Human Resources Management (HRM) in the world in 2011. The award was given by Eduniversal International Scientific Committee based in Paris, France. (Sibal, 2008).