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Apex Mining Company, Inc. Vs. National Labor Relations Commission, Et Al.

APEX MINING COMPANY, INC., petitioner, vs. NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS COMMISSION and SINCLITICA CANDIDO, respondents. Bernabe B. Alabastro for petitioner. Angel Fernandez for private respondent.

G.R. No. 94951 | 1991-04-22

D E C I S I O N


GANCAYCO, J.:

Is the househelper in the staff houses of an industrial company a domestic helper or a regular employee of the said firm? This is the novel issue raised in this petition.

Private respondent Sinclitica Candido was employed by petitioner Apex Mining Company, Inc. on May 18, 1973 to perform laundry services at its staff house located at Masara, Maco, Davao del Norte. In the beginning, she was paid on a piece rate basis. However, on January 17, 1982, she was paid on a monthly basis at P250.00 a month which was ultimately increased to P575.00 a month.

On December 18, 1987, while she was attending to her...