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PNCC vs. NLRC and Dagasdas

PHILIPPINE NATIONAL CONSTRUCTION CORPORATION (PNCC), petitioner, vs. NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS COMMISSION (NLRC) and FEDERICO DAGASDAS, respondents.

G.R. No. 122440 | 1998-02-12

D E C I S I O N

PUNO, J:

The core issue relates to the salary rate that should be applied in computing the backwages of private respondent Federico Dagasdas, who worked for a project of petitioner in the Middle East.

The facts show that private respondent, a carpenter, is a regular work pool employee of the petitioner. He was employed in 1971 and, from then on, worked in various construction projects of the petitioner within the Philippines.

In 1979, private respondent worked in petitioner's project in the Middle East, with a salary of $2.20 per hour. The project was completed in 1984 and he returned to the Philippines. Petitioner then...