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Jenny Agabon and Virgilio Agabon vs NLRC

JENNY M. AGABON and VIRGILIO C. AGABON, Petitioners, versus NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS COMMISSION (NLRC), RIVIERA HOME IMPROVEMENTS, INC and VICENTE ANGELES, Respondents.

G.R. No. 158693 | 2004-11-17

DECISION

YNARES-SANTIAGO, J.:
 
This petition for review seeks to reverse the decision[1] of the Court of Appeals dated January 23, 2003, in CA-G.R. SP No. 63017, modifying the decision of National Labor Relations Commission (NLRC) in NLRC-NCR Case No. 023442-00.
 
Private respondent Riviera Home Improvements, Inc. is engaged in the business of selling and installing ornamental and construction materials. It employed petitioners Virgilio Agabon and Jenny Agabon as gypsum board and cornice installers on January 2, 1992[2] until February 23, 1999 when they were dismissed for abandonment of work.
 
Petitioners then filed a complaint...