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Policarpio Y. Fausto vs. Vicente Leogardo, Jr., et al.

POLICARPIO Y. FAUSTO, petitioner, vs. VICENTE LEOGARDO, JR., as Deputy Minister, Ministry of Labor and Employment and MCDERMOTT DUBAI/OCEANIC CONTRACTORS, INC., respondents.

G.R. No. 69816 | 1990-04-17

D E C I S I O N


NARVASA, J.:

Policarpio Y. Fausto filed a complaint with the National Capital Region of the Ministry of Labor accusing McDermott Dubai/Oceanic Contractors, Inc. (hereafter simply, McDermott) of illegal termination of his employment. 1 According to Fausto:

1) he signed an employment contract with McDermott on October 23, 1979 undertaking to work as clerk-typist in Saudi Arabia at an agreed monthly salary of $555.00, based on a guaranteed 48 hours of straight time and 12 hours overtime per week;

2) that barely 2 months after he had commenced work, he received an inter-office communication from his employer dated...