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LWV Construction Corporation vs. Marcelo B. Dupo

LWV CONSTRUCTION CORPORATION, Petitioner, versus MARCELO B. DUPO, Respondent.

G.R. No. 172342 | 2009-07-13

DECISION 

QUISUMBING, J.: 

Petitioner LWV Construction Corporation appeals the Decision[1] dated December 6, 2005 of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. SP No. 76843 and its Resolution[2] dated April 12, 2006, denying the motion for reconsideration. The Court of Appeals had ruled that under Article 87 of the Saudi Labor and Workmen Law (Saudi Labor Law), respondent Marcelo Dupo is entitled to a service award or longevity pay amounting to US$12,640.33. 

The antecedent facts are as follows: 

Petitioner, a domestic corporation which recruits Filipino workers, hired respondent as Civil Structural Superintendent to work in Saudi...