Edited - Camporedondo vs. NLRC
Edited - Camporedondo vs. NLRC
Edited - Camporedondo vs. NLRC
Respondent Philippine National Red Cross filed The PNRC was not "impliedly converted to a
with the Surigao del Norte provincial office, private corporation" simply because its charter
Department of Labor and Employment, a motion was amended to vest in it the authority to
todismiss the complaint for lack of jurisdiction secure loans, be exempted from payment of all
over the subject matter of the case because the duties, taxes, fees and other charges.
PNRC is a government corporation whose
employees are members of the Government Having served in the Philippine National Red
Service Insurance System, and embraced within Cross for a number of years since his initial
the Civil ServiceLaw and regulations. employment, he must know that it is a
government corporation with its own charter and
Petitioner filed an opposition to the Motion to that he was covered by compulsory membership
Dismiss arguing that there was between the in the Government Service Insurance System,
PNRC and its duly appointed paid staff, an which is why he could apply, as he did, for
employer-employee relationship governed by the "early" retirement from the service under
Labor Code. Presidential Decree No. 1146 or Republic Act No.
1616.
The Labor Arbiter issued an order dismissing the
complaint for lack of jurisdiction, finding that the