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Perpetual Help Credit Cooperative vs. Faburada

PERPETUAL HELP CREDIT COOPERATIVE, INC., petitioner, vs. BENEDICTO FABURADA, SISINITA VILLAR, IMELDA TAMAYO, HAROLD CATIPAY, and the NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS COMMISSION, Fourth Division, Cebu City, respondents.

G.R. No. 121948 | 2001-10-08

D E C I S I O N

SANDOVAL-GUTIERREZ, J.:

On January 3, 1990, Benedicto Faburada, Sisinita Vilar, Imelda Tamayo and Harold Catipay, private respondents, filed a complaint against the Perpetual Help Credit Cooperative, Inc. (PHCCI), petitioner, with the Arbitration Branch, Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), Dumaguete City, for illegal dismissal, premium pay on holidays and rest days, separation pay, wage differential, moral damages, and attorney's fees.

Forthwith, petitioner PHCCI filed a motion to dismiss the complaint on the ground that there is no employer-employee relationship between them as private respondents are all members...