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ABS-CBN Employees Union, et al. vs. National Labor Relations Commission, et al.

ABS-CBN EMPLOYEES UNION and JOSE ENTRADICHO, petitioners vs. NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS COMMISSION and ABS-CBN BROADCASTING CORPORATION, respondents.

G.R. No. 111211 | 1997-07-24

D E C I S I O N


ROMERO, J.:

This petition for certiorari assails the July 12, 1993, decision of the National Labor Relations Commission (NLRC) reversing the judgment of Labor Arbiter Oswald B. Lorenzo dated August 31, 1990, but ordering private respondent to pay petitioner the amount of P1,000.00 as indemnity.

Petitioner Jose Entradicho was employed by respondent ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corporation (ABS-CBN) as cameraman on September 7, 1987 until his dismissal on August 4, 1989.

It is undisputed that on July 15, 1989, petitioner did not report for the taping of an ABS-CBN production entitled "Kris at 18." The taping thereof was...