THIRD DIVISION
MERCEDITA
ACUÑA,
MYRNA RAMONES, and
JULIET MENDEZ,
Petitioners,
- versus -
G.R. No. 159832
Present:
QUISUMBING, J., Chairperson,
CARPIO,
CARPIO MORALES,
TINGA, and
VELASCO, JR., JJ.
HON. COURT OF APPEALS Promulgated:
and JOIN
INTERNATIONAL
CORPORATION and/or
May 5, 2006
ELIZABETH ALAÑON,
Respondents.
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DECISION
QUISUMBING, J.:
This petition seeks the review and reversal of the Court of
Appeals’ Decision[1] dated January 27, 2003, in CA-G.R. SP No. 70724,
entitled Join International Corporation and/or Elizabeth Alañon v. National Labor
Relations Commission (Third Division), Mercedita Acuña, Juliet Mendez, and
Myrna Ramones, setting aside the resolutions of the NLRC and dismissing the
complaint of petitioners.
Petitioners are Filipino overseas workers deployed by private respondent
Join International Corporation (JIC), a licensed recruitment agency, to its principal,