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Dumez Company, et al. vs NLRC, et al.

DUMEZ COMPANY and TRANS-ORIENT ENGINEERS, INC., petitioners, vs. NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS COMMISSION and VERONICO EBILANE, respondents.

G.R. No. 74495 | 1996-07-11

HERMOSISIMA, JR., J.:


Before us is a petition for certiorari assailing the Decision 1 of the National Labor Relations Commission (hereafter, NLRC) 2 in an illegal dismissal case 3 involving an overseas contract worker who contracted a debilitating illness while rendering services under a subsisting job contract in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The assailed Decision affirmed the award 4 by the Workers' Assistance and Adjudication Office of the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (hereafter POEA) in favor of private respondent in the amount of U.S. $1,110.00 or its peso equivalent as and for his medical compensation benefits.

The facts...