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Republic of the Philippines and Management Office vs. National Labor etc.

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES REPRESENTED BY PRIVATIZATION AND MANAGEMENT OFFICE, PETITIONERS, VS. NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS COMMISSION (THIRD DIVISION) AND NACUSIP/BISUDECO CHAPTER/GEORGE EMATA, DOMINGO REBANCOS, NELSON BERINA, ROBERTO TIRAO, AMADO VILLOTE, AND BIENVENIDO FELINA, RESPONDENTS.

G.R. No. 174747 | 2016-03-09

DECISION
 
LEONEN, J.:
 
Under Proclamation No. 50, Series of 1986,[1] no employer-employee relationship is created by the acquisition of Asset Privatization Trust (now Privatization and Management Office) of government assets for privatization. It is not obliged to pay for any money claims arising from employer-employee relations except when it voluntarily holds itself liable to pay. These money claims, however, must be filed within the three-year period under Article 291[2] of the Labor Code. Once liability is determined, a separate money claim must be brought before the Commission on Audit, unless the funds to be used...