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Octaviano vs. National Labor Relations Commission (NLRC)

LINA B. OCTAVIANO, petitioner, vs. NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS COMMISSION and GENERAL DIESEL POWER CORPORATION, respondents. D.R. Dando & Associates Law Offices for petitioner. K.V. Faylona & Associates for private respondent.

G.R. No. 88636 | 1991-10-03

D E C I S I O N

SARMIENTO, J.:

The petitioner, Lina Octaviano, assails the decision of the National Labor Relations Commission (NLRC), Fourth Division, dated March 20, 1989, affirming with modification the decision of the labor arbiter reducing her award of full backwages to only one (1) year.

The facts in brief are:

The private respondent, General Diesel Power Corporation, hired Lina as a component mechanic and issued a temporary employment as such from November 21, 1984 up to May 21, 1985. 1 She was however made to work, in fact, as a secretary and parts clerk. 2

On May 22, 1985, the private respondent extended her another contract of...