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Ubay Arrastre Vs. Crescenciano B. Trajano, Et Al.

UBAY ARRASTRE AND STEVEDORING SERVICES, INC., JESS ALIGADO and ALEXANDER GAVIOLA, petitioners, vs. HON. CRESCENCIANO B. TRAJANO, Undersecretary of Labor and Employment; HON. BARTOLOME C. AMOGUIS, Regional Director, Regional Office VII, Department of Labor and Employment; ROBERTO A. PALERMO, ET AL., * respondents.

G.R. No. 106813 | 1993-11-25

D E C I S I O N


DAVIDE, JR., J.:

The question raised in this petition is whether Republic Act No. 6715, which took effect on 21 March 1989, applies to cases for illegal dismissal and money claims which were brought before the Office of the Regional Director of the then Ministry of Labor and Employment in 1980.

The answer must be in the affirmative in the light of the settled jurisprudence on the matter. In our Resolution of 9 November 1989, in Briad Agro Development Corp. vs. De la Cerna, 1 setting aside our prior Decision of 29 June 1989, 2 we upheld the retroactive application of R.A. No. 6715, it being a curative statute. 3 Briad...