Back

Eagle Security Agency, Inc. vs. NLRC, etal.

EAGLE SECURITY AGENCY, INC., petitioner, vs. NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS COMMISSION, LABOR ARBITER EDUARDO G. MAGNO, RODOLFO DEQUINA, AVELINO M. NARVAEZ, JACULO J. JEROME, ROLANDO N. VALENCIA, CLODUALDO N. ANGRA, JOSE SAMONTE, RUEL A. LAGASTOS, PRISCILO MALDO, JR., R.C. DELA CRUZ, JOSE AJEDA, JOSE ANASTACIO, LAURO ROBERTO, ISMAEL SALACATA, ULDARICO CAMU, JESUS CARILLO, and DIORITO BRAGA, respondents.

G.R. No. 81314 | 1989-05-18

D E C I S I O N


CORTES, J.:

The core issue in these two consolidated cases is the liability of the principal and the contractor for the payment of the minimum wage and cost of living allowance increases to security guards under Wage Order Nos. 2, 3, 5 and 6.

The antecedent facts are undisputed.

In 1980, petitioners Philippine Tuberculosis Society, Inc. (hereinafter referred to as PTSI) and Eagle Security Agency, Inc. (hereinafter referred to as EAGLE) entered into a "Contract for Security Services" wherein the latter agreed to provide security services in the former's premises. The contract covered the period from November 2, 1979 to...