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Gaudencio Mapalo Vs. National Labor Relations Commission, Et Al.

GAUDENCIO MAPALO, petitioner, vs. NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS COMMISSION and METRO DRUG CORPORATION, respondents.

G.R. No. 107940 | 1994-06-17

D E C I S I O N


VITUG, J.:

Herein petitioner, Gaudencio Mapalo, is here before us in this petition for certiorari, praying that we set aside the decision, dated 17 June 1992, of public respondent National Labor Relations Commission ("NLRC") which modified the decision of the Labor Arbiter of 27 February 1987.

The contractual relationship between private respondent Metro Drug Corporation ("Metro Drug"), as employer, and Mapalo, as its "veterinary cosmetics salesman-collector," formally started on 30 June 1981. Mapalo was initially assigned to the Isabela branch of Metro Drug. 1 He performed his task with such zeal as to win for himself...