The employer mentioned that an order of dismissal was issued by the POEA in a case filed by the employees against it. Should such order bind the Labor Arbiter when it rules on the complaint for illegal dismissal filed by said employees against the same employer?
He Is Not Our Employee
The complainant presented pay slips and trip itineraries to support his assertion that he was an employee of the company. Were these sufficient to declare the company as his employer?
Regardless of the Cause of Repatriation
In one case, the Office of the Labor Arbiter ruled that the mandatory three-day reporting requirement for a post-employment examination under the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration Standard Employment Contract does not apply when the seafarer is repatriated due to expiration of his employment contract. Was this ruling sustained by the Supreme Court?
But the OFW Directly Communicated with the Principal and without the Knowledge of Its Agent
The local manning agent asserted that the OFW directly transacted with the principal without its knowledge. Did the Supreme Court excuse such agent from the money claims of the OFW?
A Prejudicial Transfer
The employer asserted that its business was slowing down and that it dismissed the complainant on the ground of redundancy. Was the complainant’s dismissal found valid?
But My Motion to Reduce Bond was Impliedly Approved by the NLRC
In one case, the National Labor Relations Commission was unable to act on the Motion to Reduce Bond filed by the employer, but it proceeded to rule on said employer’s appeal. Was the Commission’s resolution of the substantive controversies in the appeal tantamount to an implied affirmance of the perfection of such appeal?
The Subcontractor Assigned Him to Work on Our Projects
The employer asserted that Freddie’s employer was the subcontractor it hired for its projects. What was Freddie’s employment status? Was Freddie illegally dismissed from employment?
Just a Lessor; Not an Employer
Abelardo lost the case filed before the Office of the Labor Arbiter and was declared the employer of the complainants. Was his appeal before the National Labor Relations Commission perfected? Was he confirmed to be the employer of the complainants?
Employee Quitclaims vis-à-vis Nominal Damages
The NLRC and the CA found that the requirements of procedural due process in the employee’s dismissal were not complied with. Will the quitclaim executed by the employee bar his entitlement to nominal damages?
An Employer’s Last Resort
Why was the dismissal of this employee declared to be illegal despite proof of her violation of company policy?
