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Spartan Security & Detective Vs. NLRC, Barona, Jr

SPARTAN SECURITY & DETECTIVE AGENCY, INC., petitioner, vs. HON. NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS COMMISSION, AQUILINO BARONA, JR., respondents.

G.R. No. 90693 | 1992-09-03

D E C I S I O N


CRUZ, J.:

The main issue for resolution is who shall be responsible for the payment to security guards of the salary differentials resulting from the increases in minimum wages mandated by Wage Orders Nos. 5 and 6. The security agency and the principal-client point to each other, but the security guards point to both of them.

Private respondents Aquilino Barona, Jr. and Noe Semillano were employed as security guards by Spartan Security & Detective Agency, Inc. They were detailed to Home Savings Bank & Trust Company, * with Barona posted at its Balintawak branch and Semillano at its Sta. Cruz branch.

Barona and...