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Sundowner Dev't Corp. vs. Franklin M. Drilon, etal.

SUNDOWNER DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, petitioner, vs. HON. FRANKLIN M. DRILON, in his capacity as Secretary of the Department of Labor and Employment, NATIONAL UNION OF WORKERS IN HOTEL, RESTAURANT AND ALLIED INDUSTRIES, (NUWHRAIN), HOTEL MABUHAY CHAPTER, THE CHAPTER OFFICERS AND MEMBERS, HOTEL MABUHAY, INC. and MR. MARIANO PENANO, President of Hotel Mabuhay, Inc., respondents.

G.R. No. 82341 | 1989-12-06

D E C I S I O N


GANCAYCO, J.:

The principal issue in this case is whether or not the purchaser of the assets of an employer corporation can be considered a successor employer of the latter's employees.

Private respondent Hotel Mabuhay, Inc. (Mabuhay for short) leased the premises belonging to Santiago Syjuco, Inc. (Syjuco for short) located at 1430 A. Mabini St., Ermita, Manila. However, due to non-payment of rentals, a case for ejectment was filed by Syjuco against Mabuhay in the Metropolitan Trial Court of Manila. Mabuhay offered to amicably settle the case by surrendering the premises to Syjuco and to sell its assets and personal...