G.R. No. 172342
http://sc.judiciary.gov.ph/jurisprudence/2009/july2009/172342.htm
SECOND DIVISION
LWV CONSTRUCTION
CORPORATION,
Petitioner,
- versus -
G.R. No. 172342
Present:
QUISUMBING, J., Chairperson,
CARPIO MORALES,
CHICO-NAZARIO,*
LEONARDO-DE CASTRO,** and
BRION, JJ.
MARCELO B. DUPO,
Respondent.
Promulgated:
July 13, 2009
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DECISION
QUISUMBING, J.:
[1]
Petitioner LWV Construction Corporation appeals the Decision
dated December
[2]
6, 2005 of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. SP No. 76843 and its Resolution
dated
April 12, 2006, denying the motion for reconsideration. The Court of Appeals had ruled
that under Article 87 of the Saudi Labor and Workmen Law (Saudi Labor Law), respondent
Marcelo Dupo is entitled to a service award or longevity pay amounting to US$12,640.33.
The antecedent facts are as follows:
Petitioner, a domestic corporation which recruits Filipino workers, hired respondent as
Civil Structural Superintendent to work in Saudi Arabia for its principal, Mohammad
Al-Mojil Group/Establishment (MMG). On February 26, 1992, respondent signed his first
overseas employment contract, renewable after one year. It was renewed five times on the
following dates: May 10, 1993, November 16, 1994, January 22, 1996, April 14, 1997, and
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