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MAM Realty Development Corporation, Et Al. Vs. National Labor Relations Commission, Et Al.

MAM REALTY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION and MANUEL CENTENO, petitioners, vs. NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS COMMISSION and CELSO B. BALBASTRO, respondents.

G.R. No. 114787 | 1995-06-02

D E C I S I O N


VITUG, J.:

A prime focus in the instant petition is the question of when to hold a director or officer of a corporation solidarily obligated with the latter for a corporate liability.

The cases originated from a complaint filed with the Labor Arbiter by private respondent Celso B. Balbastro against herein petitioners, MAM Realty Development Corporation ("MAM") and its Vice President Manuel P. Centeno, for wage differentials, "ECOLA," overtime pay, incentive leave pay, 13th month pay (for the years 1988 and 1989), holiday pay and rest day pay. Balbastro alleged that he was employed by MAM as a pump operator in 1982 and...