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Union of Filipro Employees vs. Benigno Vivar, Jr.

UNION OF FILIPRO EMPLOYEES (UFE), petitioner, vs. BENIGNO VIVAR, JR., NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS COMMISSION and NESTLE PHILIPPINES, INC. (formerly FILIPRO, INC.), respondents.

G.R. No. 79256 | 1992-01-20

D E C I S I O N

GUTIERREZ, JR., J.:

This labor dispute stems from the exclusion of sales personnel from the holiday pay award and the change of the divisor in the computation of benefits from 251 to 261 days.

On November 8, 1985, respondent Filipro, Inc. (now Nestle Philippines, Inc.) filed with the National Labor Relations Commission (NLRC) a petition for declaratory relief seeking a ruling on its rights and obligations respecting claims of its monthly paid employees for holiday pay in the light of the Court's decision in Chartered Bank Employees Association v. Ople (138 SCRA 273 [1985]).

Both Filipro and the Union of Filipro Employees...