Chapter 5 Department Attached Agencies SEC. 12. Attached Agencies. - The following agencies shall be attached to the Department for policy and programs coordination or administrative supervision: (1) Regional Conciliation and Mediation Board; (2) Philippine Overseas Employment Administration; (3) Regional Wages and Productivity Board; and (4) Overseas Workers Welfare Administration SEC. 13. Policy Coordination. The following agencies shall be attached to the Department for policy coordination: (1) Regional Labor Relations Commission; and (2) Technical Education and Skills Development Authority. Chapter 6 Regional Conciliation and Mediation Board (RCMB) SEC. 14. Mandate, Powers, and Functions. - The Regional Conciliation and Mediation Board shall have the following mandates, powers and functions: (1) Formulate policies, programs, standards, procedures, manuals of operation and guidelines pertaining to effective mediation and conciliation of labor disputes; (2) Perform preventive mediation and conciliation functions; (3) Coordinate mediation linkages with other sectors or institutions and other government authorities concerned with matters relative to the grievances and settlement of labor disputes; (4) Formulate policies, plans, programs, standards, procedures, manual of operations and guidelines pertaining to the promotion of cooperative and non-adversarial schemes, grievance handling, voluntary arbitration and other voluntary modes of dispute settlement; (5) Administer the voluntary arbitration program, maintain or update a list of voluntary arbitrators: compile arbitration awards and decisions; (6) Provide counseling and preventive mediation assistance particularly in the administration of collective bargaining agreements; and (7) Perform such other functions as maybe devolved and/or provided for by law. 124