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Coca Cola Bottlers Phils., Inc., Petitioner, Vs. National Labor Relations Commission And Ramon B. Canonicato, Respondents.

COCA COLA BOTTLERS PHILS., INC., petitioner, vs. NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS COMMISSION and RAMON B. CANONICATO, respondents.

G.R. No. 120466 | 1999-05-17

D E C I S I O N

BELLOSILLO, J.:

This petition for certiorari under Rule 65 of the Revised Rules of Court assails the 3 January 1995 decision[1] of the National Labor Relations Commission (NLRC) holding that private respondent Ramon B. Canonicato is a regular employee of petitioner Coca Cola Bottlers Phils. Inc. (COCA COLA) entitled to reinstatement and back wages. The NLRC reversed the decision of the Labor Arbiter of 28 April 1994[2] which declared that no employer-employee relationship existed between COCA COLA and Canonicato thereby foreclosing entitlement to reinstatement and back wages.

On 7 April 1986 COCA COLA entered into a...