On April 24, 2006, Labor Arbiter Medroso dismissed the complaint with respect to dela Cruz, Magalang, Zaño and Chiong, but found the termination of service of the remaining nine to be illegal.Consequently, the arbiter awarded the dismissed workers backwages, wage differentials, holiday pay and service incentive leave pay amounting to P1,389,044.57 in the aggregate.Ītlanta appealed to the National Labor Relations Commission (NLRC). They also claimed that their names did not appear in the list of employees (Master List)prior to their engagement as apprentices. The company offered to hire them as regular employees in the event vacancies for regular positions occur in the section of the plant where they had trained. In defense, Atlanta and Chan argued that the workers were not entitled to regularization and to their money claims because they were engaged as apprentices under a government-approved apprenticeship program. They claimed that they were illegally dismissed when the apprenticeship agreement expired. The complainants alleged that they had attained regular status as they were allowed to work with Atlanta for more than six (6) months from the start of a purported apprenticeship agreement between them and the company. The complaints were consolidated and were raffled to Labor Arbiter Daniel Cajilig, but were later transferred to Labor Arbiter Dominador B. Atlanta is a domestic corporation engaged in the manufacture of steel pipes. (Atlanta) and its President and Chief Operating Officer Robert Chan. Sebolino, et al., filed several complaints for illegal dismissal, regularization, underpayment, nonpayment of wages and other money claims, as well as claims for moral and exemplary damages and attorney’s fees against the petitioners Atlanta Industries, Inc. For resolution is the petition for review on certiorari assailing the decision and the resolution of the Court of Appeals.Ĭomplainants Aprilito R.
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