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   Labor Law  |  NLRC Petitioner Jocelyn Galera is an American citizen recruited by private respondents, a corporation based in Hong Kong, China, to work in the Philippines for WPP Marketing Communcations Inc. (WPP), effective on September 1, 1999.  Four months passed when WPP filed before the Bureau of Immigration an application for petitioner to receive a working visa. Petitioner was designated as Vice President of WPP.  On December 14, 2000, she was verbally notified by private respondent of her termination and a termination letter followed the next day.  She filed a complaint for illegal dismissal, damages and backwages against them.  WoN is an Employee and not a Corporate Officer. YES Galera, on the belief that she is an employee, filed her complaint before the Labor Arbiter. On the other hand, WPP, Steedman, Webster and Lansang contend that Galera is a corporate officer; hence, any controversy regarding her dismissal is under the juris...

Title III Working Conditions for Special Groups of Employees Chapter II Employment of Minors Arts. 137 - 138 Art. 137 [139]. Minimum employable age. No child below fifteen (15) years of age shall be employed, except when he works directly under the sole responsibility of his parents or guardian , and his employment does not in any way interfere with his schooling . Any person between fifteen (15) and eighteen (18) years of age may be employed for such number of hours and such periods of the day as determined by the Secretary of Labor and Employment in appropriate regulations. The foregoing provisions shall in no case allow the employment of a person below eighteen (18) years of age in an undertaking which is hazardous or deleterious in nature as determined by the Secretary of Labor and Employment. Art. 138 [140]. Prohibition against child discrimination.  No employer shall discriminate against any person in respect to terms and conditions of employment on account of his ag...

   Labor Law  |  Art. 129 Facts: Apolinario Z. Zonio, Jr.  was hired as an "ordinary seaman" by  88 Aces Maritime Services, Inc  to work on the vessel MV Algosaibi 42 with a six-month contract. After completing the initial contract with 88 Aces, Apolinario entered into a new contract with  Khalifa Algosaibi Diving & Marine Services Co. , which lasted until April 2012. In 2015, Apolinario filed a complaint against 88 Aces, Janet Jocson (the president of 88 Aces), and Khalifa Algosaibi, seeking disability benefits, attorney's fees, medical fees, sickness allowance, and damages. Apolinario claimed that he developed diabetes mellitus during his employment and attributed it to work-related stress, alleging that his illness was permanent and total, preventing him from resuming his sea duties for over 240 days. Labor Arbiter: Ruled in favor of Apolinario, finding that his cause of action had not prescribed and that there was a nexus between his...