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Sealanes Marine Services, Inc., Et Al. Vs. National Labor Relations Commission, Et Al.

SEALANES MARINE SERVICES, INC. AND MARINE & TRANSPORTATION SERVICES (SAUDIA), LTD., petitioners, vs. THE HON. NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS COMMISSION, PHILIPPINE OVERSEAS EMPLOYMENT ADMINISTRATION AND EVELYN F. ARANTE, respondents.

G.R. No. 84812 | 1990-10-05

D E C I S I O N


MEDIALDEA, J.:

Sometime in April, 1986, Capt. Santiago Arante, Jr., husband of private respondent, applied for a job with the office of Southeast Asia Shipping Corp. (SEASCORP), the manning agent of petitioner, Marine and Transportation Services (SAUDIA), Ltd. (MATTS). Having passed the usual interview and after the company physician declared him physically fit for the job, he was hired on May 13, 1986, as master of M/V "Zuluf 8" a vessel owned by petitioner MATTS, for a period of one (1) year with a fixed monthly salary of US $800.00 and US $300.00 as overtime pay. On May 20, 1986, Capt. Arante left Manila for Saudi...