CASE DETAILS Case Title Abasolo v. NLRC Citation G.R. No. 119475, November 29, 2000 Penned by De Leon, Jr., J. 1. Background • [The Company] La Union Tobacco Redrying Corporation (LUTORCO), which is owned by private respondent See Lin Chan, is engaged in the business of buying, selling, redrying and processing of tobacco leaves…
Inocentes v. R. Syuco Construction, Inc., G.R. No. 237020, July 29, 2019, Inting, J.: 1. Background • [The Complainants were hired as construction workers.] • [The Company is engaged in the business of construction.] a. Complainants’ position • [The Complainants] claimed that [the Company], a construction corporation, employed them as construction workers with shifts from…
Philippine Daily Inquirer, Inc. v. Magtibay, G.R. No. 164532, July 24, 2007, Garcia, J.: 1. Background • [The Company is engaged in the publication of news.] • [The Complainant was engaged as a regular phone operator.] • On February 7, 1995, PDI hired Magtibay, on contractual basis, to assist, for a period of five months…
Mitsubishi Motors Philippines Corporation v. Chrysler Philippines Labor Union, G.R. No. 148738, June 29, 2004, Callejo, Sr., J.: 1. Background • [The Company] Mitsubishi Motors Philippines Corporation (MMPC) is a domestic corporation engaged in the assembly and distribution of Mitsubishi motor vehicles. • Chrysler Philippines Labor Union (CPLU) is a legitimate labor organization and the…
University of Santo Tomas (UST) v. Samahang Manggagawa ng UST, G.R. No. 184262, April 24, 2017, Perlas-Bernabe, J.: 1. Background • [The Complainants – represented by their union – were engaged to perform various maintenance duties within its campus, i.e., as laborer, mason, tinsmith, painter, electrician, welder, carpenter.] • [The Company was a university engaged…
Omnibus rules and regulations is a compilation of implementing rules and regulations after the passage of the Labor Code. 1. Concept Omnibus Rules Implementing the Labor Code (“the Omnibus Rules”) – refers to the then all-encompassing rules and regulations implementing Presidential Decree No. 442 or the Labor Code. a. P.D. 442 and the Omnibus Rules…
GOCCs without original charters are covered by the Labor Code, not the Civil Service Law. 1. Concept “Government-Owned or -Controlled Corporation (GOCC)” – refers to any agency organized as a stock or nonstock corporation, vested with functions relating to public needs whether governmental or proprietary in nature, and owned by the Government of the Republic…
This is the case of a bank personnel who was dismissed for her failure to disclose her previous employment.
Summary ▪ When the evidence in labor cases is in equipoise, doubt is resolved in favor of the employee. 1. Concept When the evidence in labor cases is in equipoise, doubt is resolved in favor of the employee. (Hubilla v. HSY Marketing Ltd., Co., G.R. No. 207354, 10 January 2018) Where both parties in a…
Summary ▪ Technical rules of procedure are not binding in labor cases. 1. Concept The rules of procedure and evidence prevailing in courts of law and equity shall not be controlling and the Commission shall use every and all reasonable means to ascertain the facts in each case speedily and objectively, without regard to technicalities…