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ASHMOR M. TESORO, PEDRO ANG AND GREGORIO SHARP, PETITIONERS, VS. METRO MANILA RETREADERS, INC. (BANDAG) AND/OR NORTHERN LUZON RETREADERS, INC. (BANDAG) AND/OR POWER TIRE AND RUBBER CORP. (BANDAG), RESPONDENTS.

ASHMOR M. TESORO, PEDRO ANG AND GREGORIO SHARP, PETITIONERS, VS. METRO MANILA RETREADERS, INC. (BANDAG) AND/OR NORTHERN LUZON RETREADERS, INC. (BANDAG) AND/OR POWER TIRE AND RUBBER CORP. (BANDAG), RESPONDENTS.

G.R. No. 171482 | 2014-03-12

THIRD DIVISION
 
D E C I S I O N
 
ABAD, J.:
 
This case concerns the effect on the status of employment of employees who entered into a Service Franchise Agreement with their employer.
 
The Facts and the Case

On various dates between 1991 and 1998, petitioners Ashmor M. Tesoro, Pedro Ang, and Gregorio Sharp used to work as salesmen for respondents Metro Manila Retreaders, Inc., Northern Luzon Retreaders, Inc., or Power Tire and Rubber Corporation, apparently sister companies, collectively called “Bandag.” Bandag offered repair and retread services for used tires. In 1998, however, Bandag developed a franchising...