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Poseidon Fishing / Terry De Jesus vs. National Labor Relations Commission, et al

POSEIDON FISHING / TERRY DE JESUS, Petitioners, vs. NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS COMMISSION and JIMMY S. ESTOQUIA, Respondents.

G.R. No. 168052 | 2006-02-20



FIRST DIVISION
D E C I S I O N 

CHICO-NAZARIO, J.: 

Article 280 of the Labor Code, in its truest sense, distinguishes between regular and casual employees to protect the interests of labor. Its language evidently manifests the intent to safeguard the tenurial interest of the worker who may be denied the rights and benefits due a regular employee by virtue of lopsided agreements with the economically powerful employer who can maneuver to keep an employee on a casual status for as long as convenient.[1] 

This petition assails the Decision[2] of the Court of Appeals dated 14 March 2005 in CA-G.R. SP No. 81140 entitled, "Poseidon...