The corporate officers and directors of a private recruitment company engaged in illegal recruitment are not automatically liable There must first be a finding that they were remiss in directing the affairs of that company G.R. No. 152642 – 698 Phil. 454 – 685 SCRA 245 – Labor Law – […]
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G.R. No. 182836 – 618 Phil. 634 – 603 SCRA 621 – Labor Law – Labor Relations – Death Benefits for the Death of a Dependent – A Fetus is a Dependent Civil Law – Civil Personality – When does civil personality start – When does life begin In January […]
G.R. No. 116884 – 351 Phil. 368 – 288 SCRA 129 – Labor Law – Jurisdiction and Reliefs – Quitclaims – NLRC Remedies – Appeal in Labor Cases; Certiorari; Appeal Bond In 1992, the Apex Mining Co., Inc. shut down its Masara mining operations in Maco, Davao Del Norte. As […]
G.R. No. 129584 – 359 Phil. 955 – 299 SCRA 608 – Labor Law – Post-Employment – Illegal Dismissal; Illness – Certification by a Competent Public Authority In August 1992, the Gulf Catering Company, a foreign company operating in Saudi Arabia, recruited, through its Philippine agent, Triple Eight Integrated Services, […]
G.R. No. 170112 – 576 Phil. 549 – 553 SCRA 590 – Labor Law – Labor Relations – Labor Unions – Collective Bargaining Agreements – Agency Fee to be Deducted from Non-Union Members who Benefited In September 1994, the Del Pilar Academy and the Del Pilar Academy Employees Union entered […]
G.R. No. 159553 – 564 Phil. 513 – Labor Law – Labor Relations – Labor Unions; Certification Election – Voting Rights of Dismissed Employees In November 2001, a certification election was held at Yokohama Tire Philippines, Inc. to certify the Yokohama Employees Union. A total of 401 votes were cast which […]
G.R. No. 127553 – 346 Phil. 1014 – 282 SCRA 326 – Labor Law – Post-Employment – Termination; Due Process – Just Causes Political Law – Constitutional Law – Bill of Rights; Right to Counsel In June 1995, the security guards of N.C. Construction Supply caught an employee stealing from the […]
G.R. No. 155679 – 540 Phil. 269 – 511 SCRA 247 – Labor Law – Labor Relations – Illegal Strike – Welga ng Bayan On October 24, 1990, the labor sector staged a “welga ng bayan” to oppose the oil price hike. The labor unions operating in Biflex Phils. Inc. […]
G.R. No. 162324 – 597 Phil. 616 – 578 SCRA 34 – Labor Law – Labor Relations – Collective Bargaining Agreement; Construction and Interpretation In the year 2000, the Flour Division and the SFI Feeds Division of the RFM Corporation entered into a collective bargaining agreement (CBA) with the respective […]
G.R. No. 119205 – 351 Phil. 1013 – 289 SCRA 86 – Labor Law – Labor Relations – Management Prerogative The workers of Sime Darby Pilipinas, Inc. have an 8-hour daily schedule which starts at 7:45 am and ends at 3:45 pm. They have a 30-minute paid lunch break but […]
G.R. No. 131523 – 355 Phil. 932 – 294 SCRA 505 – Labor Law – Labor Standards – Separation Pay – When Available In April 1994, Nenita Medelyn resigned as chief accountant for Travelaire and Tours Corporation. In January 1995, she filed a labor case against Travelaire for the latter’s […]
G.R. No. L-1377 – 80 Phil. 842 – Labor Law – Labor Standards – Minimum Wage; Defined – Who are covered Sometime in the mid-1940’s, seventy-six drivers and laborers who were members of the Leyte Farmer’s and Laborer’s Union (LFLU), staged a strike against the Leyte Land Transportation Company, Inc. […]
G.R. No. L-1340 – 79 Phil. 345 – Labor Law – Labor Relations – Picketing – Illegal Picketing – Splitting of Unions Political Law – Constitutional Law – Freedom of Speech – Picketing In December 1946, the Bisig ng Canlubang Union (BCU) demanded from the Canlubang Sugar Estate (CSE) the […]
G.R. No. L-68648 – 144 SCRA 421 – Labor Law – Social Legislation – Increased Risk Theory From 1976 to 1980, Martiniano Sarmiento had been working as a casual laborer in the Bureau of Agricultural Extension (BAE). Three years after his retirement, he filed a claim for disability compensation from […]
G.R. No. 179868 – 624 Phil. 523 – 610 SCRA 529 – Labor Law – Social Legislation – Total Permanent Disability In May 2001, while Rizaldy Quitoriano was on duty as an employee (2nd Officer) aboard the foreign ship MV Trimnes, he experienced some numbness and weakness with severe headache. […]
G.R. No. L-7586 – 100 Phil. 789 – Labor Law – Labor Relations – Labor Rights – Picketing Political Law – Constitutional Law – Freedom of Speech Narcisa De Leon was the owner of a parcel of land where the Dalisay Theater stands. She does not own the building. In […]