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Mindanao Federation of Labor vs. University of the Phils.

MINDANAO FEDERATION OF LABOR, petitioner, vs. UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES, as owners of the U.P. LAND GRANT, respondent.

G.R. No. L-28464 | 1985-09-23

D E C I S I O N


ESCOLIN, J:

The issue raised in this petition for certiorari may be propounded thus: Are the workers and employees of the University of the Philippines Land Grant in Basilan City covered by the provisions of Rep. Act 1880 1 and therefore entitled to overtime compensation for work rendered beyond the minimum 40-hour, 5-day work week?

The former Court of First Instance [now Regional Trial Court] of Zamboanga del Sur as well as the Court of Appeals resolved this question in the negative. We reverse.

Prior to the effectivity of Rep. Act 1880 on June 22, 1957, the laborers and employees of the UP Land Grant, an agricultural...