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Manuela S. Catan vs. Nat'l Labor Rel. Comm. Etal.

MANUELA S. CATAN/M.S. CATAN PLACEMENT AGENCY, petitioner, vs. NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS COMMISSION, AMELIA DE PEREIRA and EDUARDO DE PEREIRA, respondents.

G.R. No. 74218 | 1987-12-14

D E C I S I O N


NARVASA, J.:

Eduardo de Pereira was recruited by M.S. Catan Placement Agency on September 4, 1979 to work as an electrical maintenance operator for Al Gihaz Establishment Power Plant in Saudi Arabia. 1 His employment contract (and the supplement thereto) provided inter alia that:

1. his term of employment was for two (2) years or twenty-four (24) months;

2. he was entitled to a thirty-day paid vacation leave upon completion of twelve (12) months of continuous service, but the precise time of enjoyment of the leave would be determined by Al Gihaz in "accordance with work convenience."

He claims that after completing...