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Angelito Olaybar, Et Al. Vs. National Labor Relations Commission, Et Al.

ANGELITO OLAYBAR, ANTONIO VILLALUNA, JR., ERIC LUBRICO, JESSIE DE LA VEGA, CARLOS ROPEROS, LUIS PLOTENA, JESSIE ABALONA, MIGUEL OCTAVIO, SAM GUILLENA, and RAMON ESTEMBER, JR., petitioners, vs. NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS COMMISSION, FOURTH DIVISION, CEBU CITY, AND ORIENT MARINE AND FISHING RESOURCES, INC., ROBERTO ORDONEZ, respondents.

G.R. No. 108713 | 1994-10-28

D E C I S I O N


BELLOSILLO, J.:

The case of Veloso v. Department of Labor and Employment 1 postulates that the law looks with disfavor upon quitclaims and releases by employees who are inveigled or pressured into signing them by unscrupulous employers seeking to evade their legal responsibilities.

On the other hand, there are legitimate waivers that represent a voluntary settlement of laborer's claims that should be respected by the courts as the law between the parties. And while in a dispute between management and labor the latter's rights are always extended protection by the State, the picture changes completely where labor no...