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Hacienda Fatima And/Or Patricio Villegas, Alfonso Villegas And Cristine Segura vs. National Federation Of Sugarcane Workers-Food And General Trade

HACIENDA FATIMA and/or PATRICIO VILLEGAS, ALFONSO VILLEGAS and CRISTINE SEGURA, petitioners, vs. NATIONAL FEDERATION OF SUGARCANE WORKERS-FOOD AND GENERAL TRADE, respondents.

G.R. No. 149440 | 2003-01-28

D E C I S I O N 
 
PANGANIBAN, J.: 
 
Although the employers have shown that respondents performed work that was seasonal in nature, they failed to prove that the latter worked only for the duration of one particular season. In fact, petitioners do not deny that these workers have served them for several years already. Hence, they are regular -- not seasonal -- employees. 
 
The Case 
 
Before the Court is a Petition for Review under Rule 45 of the Rules of Court, seeking to set aside the February 20, 2001 Decision of the Court of Appeals[1] (CA) in CA-GR SP No. 51033. The dispositive part of the Decision...