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Insular Life Assurance Co. vs. NLRC, et al.

INSULAR LIFE ASSURANCE CO., LTD., petitioner, vs. NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS COMMISSION (Fourth Division, Cebu City), LABOR ARBITER NICASIO P. ANINON and PANTALEON DE LOS REYES, respondents.

G.R. No. 119930 | 1998-03-12

D E C I S I O N

BELLOSILLO, J:

On 17 June 1994 respondent Labor Arbiter dismissed for lack of jurisdiction NLRC RAB-VII Case No. 03-0309-94 filed by private respondent Pantaleon de los Reyes against petitioner Insular Life Assurance Co., Ltd. (INSULAR LIFE), for illegal dismissal and nonpayment of salaries and back wages after finding no employer-employee relationship between De los Reyes and petitioner INSULAR LIFE. 1 On appeal by private respondent, the order of dismissal was reversed by the National Labor Relations Commission (NLRC) which ruled that respondent De los Reyes was an employee of petitioner. 2 Petitioner's motion for...