L. Employee Classification, Art.

280-281, Book VI, Rule

(References: Arts. 280-281, Book VI, Rule 1, Secs. 1, 5, 6, Coverage, Art. 278)

Employer Recognition
Pangilinan v. General Milling Corporation, 434 SCRA 159 (2004)

Employer Determination/Designation
Violeta v. NLRC, 280 SCRA 520 (1997)
San Miguel Corporation v. NLRC, 297 SCRA 277 (1998)

Kinds of Employee

a. Regular Employees, Art. 280, 1st par.; 280, 2nd par.; 281, last sentence; 75(d); Omnibus Rules, Book
VI, Rule 1, Secs. 5(a), (b) and 6.

1) Definition
Pangilinan v. General Milling Corporation, supra

2) Nature of Work
Hacienda Fatima v. National Federation of Sugarcane Workers Food and General Trade, 396
SCRA 518 (2003)
Romares v. NLRC, 294 SCRA 411 (1998)

3) Extended Period
Audion Electric co., Inc. v. NLRC, 308 SCRA 340 (1999)

4) Repeated Renewal of Contract

Maraguinot v. NLRC, 284 SCRA 539 (1998)

Project Employee, Art. 280, 1st par.; Policy Instruction No. 20 (1977); DOLE D.O. No. 19 (1993)

1) Definition
Hanjin Heavy Industries & Construction Co. v, Ibañez, 329 SCRA 357 (2000)

2) Project Employees
Villa v. NLRC, 284 SCRA 105 (1998)
Hanjin Heavy Industries & construction v. Ibanez, 555 SCRA 537 (2008)
William Uy Construction Corp. v. Trinidad, 615 SCRA 180 (2010)
Macarthur Malicdem and Hermenigildo Flores v. Marulas Industrial Corporation and Mike
Mancilla, G.R. No. 204406, February 26, 2014

Workpool Employees
J & D.O. Aguilar Corp. v. NLRC, 269 SCRA 596 (1997)
Maraguinot v. NLRC, supra
Casual, Art. 280, 2nd par.; Omnibus rules, Book VI, Rule 1, Sec. 5 (b)

1) Nature of Work
A.M. Oreta and Co. Inc. v. NLRC, 176 SCRA 218 (1989)

2) One Year Service

Integrated Contractor and Plumbing Works, Inc. v. Court of Appeals, 466 SCRA 544 (2005)

Fixed-Term
Brent School v. Zamora, 181 SCRA 702 (1990)
Lynvil Fishing Enterprises, Inc. v. Andres G. Ariola, et al., 664 SCRA 679 (2012)

Seasonal
Hacienda Bino/Hortencia Starke, Inc. v. Cuenca, 456 SCRA 300 (2005)

Probationary, Art. 281; 61, 2nd sentence; Book VI, Ruli I, Secds. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6; Art. 75 (d)

1) Definition
Philippine Federation of Credit Cooperatives, Inc. v. NLRC, 300 SCRA 72 (1998)
Cebu Marine Beach Resort v. NLRC, 414 SCRA 173 (2003)

2) Employer Right to Set Period/Obligation

Orient Express Placement Philippines v. NLRC, 273 SCRA 256 (1997)

3) Duration; Exception
Cathay Pacific Airways, Limited v. Marin, 501 SCRA 461 (2006)
Canadian Opportunities Unlimited, Inc. v. Bart Q. Dalangin, 665 SCRA 21 (2012)

4) Criteria Regularization
Armando Aliling v. Feliciano, et al., 671 SCRA 186 (2012)
Mylene Carvajal v. Luzon Development Bank and/or Ramirez, 678 SCRA 132 (2012)
UNIVAC Development, Inc. v. William M. Soriano, 699 SCRA 88 (2013)

5) Extension of Contract
Mariwasa Manufacturing, Inc. v. Leogardo, 169 SCRA 465 (1989)

6) Absorbed Employees
Cebu Stevedoring Co. Inc. v. Regional Director, 168 SCRA 315 (1988)

7) Rule on Private School Teachers

La Consolacion College v. NLRC, 366 SCRA 226 (2001)
Colegio del Santisimo Rosario and Sr. Zenaida S. Mofada, OP v. Emmanuel Rojo, 705 SCRA 63
(2013)