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Dev't Bank of the Phil. Vs. Ariel Santos etal.

DEVELOPMENT BANK OF THE PHILIPPINES, petitioner, vs. HON. LABOR ARBITER ARIEL C. SANTOS, PHILIPPINE ASSOCIATION OF FREE LABOR UNIONS (PAFLU-RMC CHAPTER) and its members, MICHAEL PENALOSA, ET AL., SAMAHANG DIWANG MANGGAGAWA SA RMC-FFW CHAPTER, and its members, JAIME ARADA, ET AL., respondents.

G.R. Nos. 78261-62 | 1989-03-08

D E C I S I O N


GUTIERREZ, JR., J.:

This petition calls for the interpretation of Article 110 of the Labor Code which gives the workers preferences as regards wages in case of liquidation or bankruptcy of an employer's business. Petitioner Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP) maintains the Article 110 does not apply where there has been an extra-judicial foreclosure proceeding while the respondents claim otherwise. Labor Arbiter Ariel C. Santos sustained the private respondent's position. Petitioner DBP has now elevated the case to us by way of this petition for certiorari.

On November 29, 1984, in NLRC-NCR Case No. 2517-84...