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Hilario Magcalas, et al. vs. National Labor Relations Commission, et al.

HILARIO MAGCALAS, PROSPERO MARINDA, CELSO GAMALO, EPIFANIO OMEGA, VIRGILIO CAMPOS, ANTONIO LLAGAS, BERNARD BENDANILLO, SHALDYAUTENCIO, CIRIACO REYES, JUANITO DE LEON, EDMUNDO GUZMAN, ALFREDO SANTOS, BENEDICTO DAGCUTAN, NORBIE LOPENA, ISMAEL ALONZO, ELMER BALETA, GENITO DALMERO, and CESAR LEDESMA, petitioners, vs. NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS COMMISSION and KOPPEL, INC., respondents.

G.R. No. 100333 | 1997-03-13

D E C I S I O N


PANGANIBAN, J.:

May regular employment be restricted to a definite or fixed term? Upon the expiration of such term, may the employment be deemed terminated upon payment of separation pay? The respondent NLRC answered these questions in the affirmative but the labor arbiter held otherwise that such termination constituted illegal dismissal, thereby entitling the petitioners to reinstatement, backwages and attorney's fees.

This divergence of position between the NLRC and the labor arbiter will now be ruled upon by this Court as it resolves this petition for certiorari challenging the Decision 1 and Resolution 2 of public...