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Samuel Casas Lim vs. NLRC, etal.

SAMUEL CASAS LIM, petitioner, vs. THE NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS COMMISSION and VICTORIA R. CALSADO, respondents.

G.R. No. 79907 | 1989-03-16

D E C I S I O N


CRUZ, J.:

These two cases have been consolidated because they relate to the same factual antecedents and the same private respondent. The issues are:

1. In G.R. No. 79975, whether or not the private respondent was an employee of the petitioner and, if so, had been illegally dismissed; and corollarily, whether or not the NLRC had jurisdiction over their dispute.

2. In G.R. No. 79907, whether or not the petitioner could be held solidarily liable with Sweet Lines, Inc. to the private respondent.

The record shows that private respondent Victoria Calsado was hired by Sweet Lines, Inc. on March 5, 1981, as Senior Branch...