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PBS vs. Secretary of Labor and Employment [DECISION]

PEOPLE'S BROADCASTING (BOMBO RADYO PHILS., INC.), Petitioner, versus THE SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT, THE REGIONAL DIRECTOR, DOLE REGION VII, and JANDELEON JUEZAN, Respondents.

G.R. No. 179652 | 2009-05-08

D E C I S I O N
 
TINGA, J.:
 
The present controversy concerns a matter of first impression, requiring as it does the determination of the demarcation  line between  the prerogative of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Secretary and his duly authorized representatives,  on the one hand, and the jurisdiction of the National Labor Relations Commission, on the other, under Article 128 (b) of the Labor Code in an instance where the employer has challenged the jurisdiction  of the DOLE at the very first level on the  ground that no employer-employee relationship ever existed between the parties.
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