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Catubay, Conception, etal./FEDLU vs Nat'l Labor relations, Ngo & Fishwealth Canning Corp.

EVELYN CATUBAY, PATRICIA CONCEPCION, ROSITA CUERPO, FELY LALU, ANGELITA PERALTA, VIRGINIO MAGLAY and FEDERATION OF DEMOCRATIC LABOR UNIONS (FEDLU), petitioners, vs. NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS COMMISSION (FIRST DIVISION), LAPAZ NGO, Owner/Manager of Fishwealth Canning Corporation and FISHWEALTH CANNING CORPORATION, respondents.

G.R. No. 119289 | 2000-04-12

D E C I S I O N


KAPUNAN, J.:

The sole issue in the instant case is whether or not public respondent National Labor Relations Commission (NLRC) abused its discretion in taking cognizance of private respondents' appeal and ordering the remand of the case to the labor arbiter.

The individual petitioners were initially employed by Majescan Manufacturing Corporation and Pan Asia Food Manufacturing Corporation on the following dates, to wit: Evelyn Catubay - April 3, 1984; Patricia Concepcion - April 16, 1982; Rosita Cuerpo - May 2, 1982; Fely Lalu - January 10, 1981; Angelita Peralta - December 28, 1979; and Virgilio Maglay - September 9,...