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Luzon Polymers Corp. Vs. Jacobo C. Clave, Et Al.

LUZON POLYMERS CORPORATION, petitioner, vs. HON. PRESIDENTIAL EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT JACOBO C. CLAVE, HON. MINISTER OF LABOR BLAS OPLE and LUZON POLYMERS LABOR UNION (FFW), respondents.

G.R. No. L-51009 | 1992-06-10

D E C I S I O N


ROMERO, J.:

This special civil action of certiorari questions the administrative grant of an emergency allowance of fifty pesos to the employees of a corporation with a
capital stock of one million pesos.

The emergency allowance of employees in the private sector has its origin in Presidential Decree No. 390, granting aid allowance to government employees. On March 6, 1974, subsequent to the promulgation of P.D. No. 390, then President Marcos issued Letter of Instructions No. 174 to implement the policy enunciated in said decree in the private sector. He directed the Secretary of Labor "to take such measures as may be...