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Bio Quest Marketing Inc. and/or Jose L. Co Vs. Edmund Rey

BIO QUEST MARKETING INC. and/or JOSE L. CO, Petitioner,versus EDMUND REY, Respondent.

G.R. No. 181503 | 2009-09-18

D E C I S I O N


CARPIO MORALES, J.:

Edmund Rey (respondent) was hired by petitioner Bio Quest Marketing, Inc. on December 1, 1997 as its Area Collector in Quezon, Batangas and all the provinces of the Bicol region. As Area Collector, he was tasked to collect payment for various veterinary products sold to feedmill companies, piggery and poultry farms within his area of assignment.

Allegedly as part of its cost cutting measures brought about by a decline in its sales receipts and collections, petitioner furnished the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) a copy of the retrenchment notice on September 3, 2003.[1] And by letter of...