G.R. No. 183908 – 622 Phil. 832 – 607 SCRA 796 – Labor Law – Labor Relations – Seafarers – Permanent Total Disability – Physician’s Findings In 2002, Joelson Iloreta was hired as a seaman aboard a foreign ship (MS Nautilus) operated by Norbulk Shipping U.K., Ltd. He was hired through […]
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G.R. No. 158883 – 521 Phil. 576 – 487 SCRA 452 – Labor Law – Social Legislation – Overseas Employment; Repatriation – Permanent Disability – POEA Contract In 1993, John Melchor Laurente was hired as an engineer by Philippine Transmarine Carriers for its principal Lucky Ocean Marine Corporation. Laurente was […]
G.R. Nos. 171618-19 – 600 Phil. 336 – Labor Law – Labor Relations – Illegal Strike In 1997, Jackbilt Industries forced some of its employees to go on a six-month leave as it was experiencing financial difficulties due to the 1997 Financial Crisis. In March 1998, the Jackbilt Employees Workers […]
G.R. No. 190515 – 649 Phil. 255 – 650 SCRA 656 – Labor Law – Labor Relations – Power of the Secretary of Labor in Resolving CBA Disputes In 2005, a CBA dispute arose between Cirtek Electronics and Cirtek Employees Labor Union (CELU). The dispute revolved around the provisions on […]
G.R. No. L-5621 – 92 Phil. 843 – Labor Law – Labor Standards – Police Power – Employment as a Property Right In October 1951, Premiere Productions, Inc. (PPI) filed a petition with the Court of Industrial relations (CIR) seeking authority to lay-off 44 workers on the ground of financial […]
G.R. No. 174158 – 667 Phil. 808 – Labor Law – Labor Standards – Protection To Labor – When Is There No Diminution of Benefits In November 1991, William Barroga was hired as an instructor by Data Center College in its Laoag City, Ilocos Norte campus. In June 1992, Barroga […]
G.R. No. 174084 – 643 Phil. 474 – Labor Law – Labor Standards – Security of Tenure – Primacy of the Constitutional Right of Security of Tenure Over Procedural Rights in Labor Cases In February 1998, Gloria Paje and 10 others were dismissed as sales girls (promo girls) of Swift […]
G.R. No. 166554 – 592 Phil. 468 – 572 SCRA 89 – Labor Law – Labor Standards – Security of Tenure – Penalty to Erring Employee Must be Commensurate to Infraction In October 1970, Julito Sagales was employed by Rustan’s Commercial Corporation as chief cook in one of Rustan’s restaurants. […]
G.R. No. 164301 – 642 Phil. 47 / 627 SCRA 590 (2010) – 674 Phil. 609 (2011) – Labor Law – Labor Standards – Security of Tenure vs Unionism In 2000, Far East Bank (FEB) was absorbed by the Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI). BPI has an existing Union […]
G.R. No. 195428 – 693 Phil. 646 – 679 SCRA 545 – Labor Law – Post-Employment – Illegal Dismissal; Remedies – No Illegal Dismissal if Firing was by a Co-employee Jomar Verdadero is a bus conductor of Barney Autolines. In January 2008, he had an altercation with Gerardo Gimenez, a […]
G.R. No. 114776 – 381 Phil. 403 – 324 SCRA 414 – Civil Law – Conflict of Laws – Private International Law – Proof of Foreign Law – Applicability of Foreign Laws Labor Law – Jurisdiction and Reliefs – Money Claims; Prescriptive Period In 1978, Menandro Laureano was hired as a […]
G.R. No. L-48237; G.R. No. L-49023 – 235 Phil. 350 – 151 SCRA 355 – Mercantile Law – Corporation Law – Cash Dividends Labor Law – Jurisdiction and Reliefs – Illegal Dismissal In 1973, a labor union in Madrigal & Company, Inc. (MCI) sought the renewal of the collective bargaining […]
G.R. No. 145587 – 563 Phil. 1 – 537 SCRA 409 – Civil Law – Conflict of Laws – Private International Law – Proof of Foreign Law – Processual Presumption Labor Law – Jurisdiction and Reliefs – Filipino fired abroad may file labor case against employer’s local agent In 1993, EDI-Staffbuilders, […]
G.R. No. 89070 – 209 SCRA 55 – Mercantile Law – Corporation Law – Cooperatives are Treated as Corporations – Ultra Vires Acts of the Board Members Labor Law – NLRC Procedure – Jurisdiction of the NLRC In 1982, Peter Cosalan, then general manager of the Benguet Electric Cooperative (BENECO), […]
G.R. No. 164893 – 546 Phil. 22 – 517 SCRA 191 – Labor Law – Post-Employment – Constructive Dismissal – Demotion In August 1996, an administrative complaint was filed against Constancia Duldulao, a secretary/typist of the College of Law of the Baguio Colleges Foundation (now University of the Cordilleras). The […]
G.R. No. 104599 – 231 SCRA 173 – Legal Ethics – Duty of a Lawyer To Encourage Settlement of Suits Labor Law – Post-Employment – Abandonment; Elements Jon De Ysasi and Jon De Ysasi III are father and sons, respectively. The elder Ysasi owns a hacienda in Negros Occidental. De […]