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Marcopper Mining Corp. vs. Blas Ople, et al.

MARCOPPER MINING CORPORATION, petitioner, vs. THE HONORABLE BLAS OPLE and AMADO INCIONG, Minister and Deputy Minister of Labor, respectively, and MARCOPPER EMPLOYEES LABOR UNION (NAMAWU), respondents.

G.R. No. L-51254 | 1981-06-11

D E C I S I O N


FERNANDO, J.:

It is in pursuance of the constitutional principle of the enjoyment by the people of a decent standard of living 1 that a Presidential Decree 2 was issued by way of response to the ravages of world-wide inflation, causing extreme difficulty to laborers and wage-earners. It reads thus: "Section 1. All employers are hereby required to pay all their employees receiving a basic salary of not more than P1,000 a month, regardless of the nature of their employment, a 13th-month pay not later than December 24 of every year. Sec. 2. Employers already paying their employees a 13th-month pay or its equivalent are not...