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Industrial Personnel etc. vs. De Vera and Arriola

INDUSTRIAL PERSONNEL & MANAGEMENT SERVICES, INC. (IPAMS), SNC LAVALIN ENGINEERS & CONTRACTORS, INC. AND ANGELITO C. HERNANDEZ, PETITIONERS, VS. JOSE G. DE VERA AND ALBERTO B. ARRIOLA, RESPONDENTS.

G.R. No. 205703 | 2016-03-07

DECISION
 
MENDOZA, J.:
 
When can a foreign law govern an overseas employment contract? This is the fervent question that the Court shall resolve, once and for all.

This petition for review on certiorari seeks to reverse and set aside the January 24, 2013 Decision[1] of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. SP No. 118869, which modified the November 30, 2010 Decision[2] of the National Labor Relations Commission (NLRC) and its February 2, 2011 Resolution,[3] in NLRC LAC Case No. 08-000572-10/NLRC Case No. NCR 09-13563-09, a case for illegal termination of an Overseas Filipino Worker (OFW).

 
The Facts

Petitioner Industrial Personnel...