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ATCI Overseas Corporation vs. Echin

ATCI OVERSEAS CORPORATION, AMALIA G. IKDAL and MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH-KUWAIT</b> Petitioners,vs.MA. JOSEFA ECHIN, Respondent.

G.R. No. 178551 | 2010-10-11

THIRD DIVISION
D E C I S I O N
 
CARPIO MORALES, J.:
 
Josefina Echin (respondent) was hired by petitioner ATCI Overseas Corporation in behalf of its principal-co-petitioner, the Ministry of Public Health of Kuwait (the Ministry), for the position of medical technologist under a two-year contract, denominated as a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA), with a monthly salary of US$1,200.00.
 
Under the MOA,1 all newly-hired employees undergo a probationary period of one (1) year and are covered by Kuwait's Civil Service Board Employment Contract No. 2.
 
Respondent was deployed on February 17, 2000 but was terminated from employment...