1.

POWER AND DUTIES; VENUE;

2. ART 217
SULPICIO LINES VS CAGATAN:

1. VENUE - Even in cases where venue has been stipulated by the parties by contract, this
Court has not hesitated to set aside agreements on venue if the same would lead to a
situation so grossly inconvenient to one party as to virtually negate his claim.

2. Definition of work place - Section Rule IV of the 1990 NLRC Rules additionally provides
that, "for purposes of venue, workplace shall be understood as the place or locality
where the employee is regularly assigned when the cause of action arose."

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1. ART 218-220;
2. POWER AND DUTIES
RIZAL EMPIRE VS NLRC;

1. Technical Rules of the Court not binding; the rule that there shall be no extension I filing
an appeal is strict;

2. CONSISTENT PROMOTION IN RANK - the consistent promotions in rank and salary of

the private respondent indicate he must have been a highly efficient worker, who
should be retained despite occasional lapses in punctuality and attendance. Perfection
cannot after all be demanded.

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1. APPEAL;
2. JUURISDCITION OF REGULAR COURTS
NOVA VS DAMES

1. Regular courts have no jurisdiction to hear and decide questions which arise and are
incidental to the enforcement of decisions, orders or awards rendered in labor cases
by appropriate officers and tribunals of the Department of Labor and Employment.
Corollarily, any controversy in the execution of the judgment shall be referred to the
 tribunal which issued the writ of execution since it has the inherent power to control its
own processes in order to enforce its judgments and orders.

2. an action for damages lies within the jurisdiction of a regional trial court. However, the
regional trial court has no jurisdiction to issue a temporary restraining order in labor
cases.

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HSBC UNION VS NLRC
1. POWERS AND DUTIES
2. ISSUING TRO;

1. it is not necessary x x x to allege in verbatim the requisites for the issuance of the
temporary restraining order and/or writ of preliminary injunction;

2. it is not our function in this certiorari proceedings to review the findings of facts of
respondent NLRC since we are confined only to issues of jurisdiction or grave abuse of
discretion

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GENERAL RUBBER VS DRILON
1. Power and Duties;
2. Art221- 222

Dissenting union members, who did not sign the agreement, reached by the union and the
Company, are not bound by the same; money claims as personal right; - he waiver of money
claims, which in this case were accrued money claims, by workers and employees must be
regarded as a personal right, that is, a right that must be personally exercised. For a waiver
thereof to be legally effective, the individual consent or ratification of the workers or
employees involved must be shown. Neither the officers nor the majority of the union had any
authority to waive the accrued rights pertaining to the dissenting minority members, even
under a collective bargaining agreement which provided for a "union shop."