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M.Cartagenas, etal vs. Romago Electric Co. Inc etal

MARIO CARTAGENAS, JESUS N. MIRABALLES, VICTOR C. MONSOD and VICENTE BARROA, petitioners, vs. ROMAGO ELECTRIC COMPANY, INC., NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS COMMISSION (Fifth Division), respondents.

G.R. No. 82973 | 1989-09-15

D E C I S I O N


GRIá'O-AQUINO, J.:

The issue in this case is whether the petitioners are project employees of the private respondent Romago Electric Company, Inc., as found by the National Labor Relations Commission, or regular employees as found by the Labor Arbiter.

The facts are recited in the decision of the NLRC as follows:

"Respondent Romago is a general contractor engaged in contracting and sub-contracting of specific building construction projects or undertaking such as electrical, mechanical and civil engineering aspects in the repair of buildings and from other kindred services.

"Individual complainants are employed by the...