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Rodrigo Habana vs NLRC, Omanfil, Hyundai

RODRIGO G. HABANA, petitioner vs. NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS MENDOZA, COMMISSION, OMANFIL INTERNATIONAL MANPOWER DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, and HYUNDAI ENGINEERING COMPANY, LIMITED, respondents.

G.R. No. 129418 | 1999-09-10

D E C I S I O N


BELLOSILLO, J.:

Petitioner Rodrigo G. Habana was hired in January 1995 by private respondent Omanfil International Manpower Development Corporation (OMANFIL) to work for its foreign principal, respondent Hyundai Engineering Company, Ltd. (HYUNDAI), in Sabia, Kuwait. His employment contract was good for two (2) years commencing upon his arrival at his work station on 29 January 1995. However on 6 February 1996, after only one (1) year, HYUNDAI issued a Resignation Notice terminating Habana's employment. Habana was forced to return to the Philippines and, together with one Adjuthor P. De Guzman, another dismissed employee,...