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SECOND DIVISION
[ G.R. No. 199931, September 07, 2015 ]
INC SHIPMANAGEMENT, INC., INTERORIENT NAVIGATION
COMPANY LTD. AND REYNALDO RAMIREZ, PETITIONERS, VS.
RANULFO CAMPOREDONDO, RESPONDENT.
DECISION
DEL CASTILLO, J .:
This Petition for Review on Certiorari[1] assails the July 29, 2011 Decision[2] of the
Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-GR. SP No. 112079 which annulled and set aside the July
31, 2009 Decision[3] and October 23, 2009 Resolution[4] of the National Labor
Relations Commission (NLRC) and reinstated the April 27, 2009 Decision[5] of Labor
Arbiter (LA) Thelma M. Concepcion in OFW (M) 08-12020-08 (LAC No. 06-000303-09).
Likewise assailed is the January 2, 2012 Resolution[6] of the CA which denied
petitioners' Motion for Reconsideration.[7]
Factual Antecedents
On July 19, 2007, INC Shipmanagement, Inc. (INC), for and in behalf of Interorient
Navigation Company Ltd. (Interorient), hired respondent Ranulfo Camporedondo
(respondent) as chief cook on board the vessel M/V Fortunia for a period of 10 months
with a monthly salary of US$578.50 and allowance of US$80.00.[8] On July 25, 2007,
respondent boarded the vessel.[9]
As chief cook, respondent's tasks included food preparation and meals of the ship crew,
custody, inventory, and budgeting of food supplies of the vessel.[10] Allegedly, keeping
in mind his duties, respondent inquired from the captain the budget for the vessel; he
also reported to the latter the insufficiency and poor quality of some of the supplies.
These inquiries enraged the captain. As a result, he reprimanded respondent on a daily
basis.[11]
Furthermore, respondent stated that on September 11, 2007, the captain gave him a
return ticket to the Philippines to take a vacation. He was purportedly promised to be
transferred to another vessel.[12] On September 12, 2007 or about a month and a half
into his contract, respondent was given a report[13] of dismissal, which he refused to
accept.[14]
On August 27, 2008, respondent filed a Complaint[15] for illegal dismissal, nonelibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocsfriendly/1/61248
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