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Zenaida Gaco vs. National Labor Relations Commission, et al.

ZENAIDA GACO, petitioner, vs. THE HONORABLE NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS COMMISSION and ORIENT LEAF TOBACCO CORPORATION, respondents.

G.R. No. 104690 | 1994-02-23

D E C I S I O N


NOCON, J.:

It may appear that the work in private respondent Orient Leaf Tobacco Corporation is seasonal, however, the records reveal that petitioner Zenaida Gaco was repeatedly re-hired, sufficiently evidencing the necessity and indispensability of her services to the former's business or trade. 1 Furthermore, she has been employed since 1974 up to the end of the season in 1989. Owing to her length of service, she became a regular employee, by operation of law, one year after she was employed. 2 Being a regular employee, she enjoys security of tenure in the sense that she cannot be dismissed from employment except for...