G.R. No. 114337 Nitto Enterprises NLRC and Roberto Capili First Division / Kapunan, J.: Daylo, Jerome Dela Cruz September 29, 1995 Series: 6
G.R. No. 114337 Nitto Enterprises NLRC and Roberto Capili First Division / Kapunan, J.: Daylo, Jerome Dela Cruz September 29, 1995 Series: 6
NLRC and
ROBERTO CAPILI
FIRST DIVISION / KAPUNAN, J.: Daylo, Jerome Dela Cruz
September 29, 1995 Series: 6
FACTS:
Petitioner Nitto Enterprises, a company engaged in the sale of glass and aluminum products,
hired Roberto Capili sometime in May 1990 as an apprentice machinist, molder and
coremaker as evidenced by an apprenticeship agreement 2for a period of six (6) months from May 28,
1990 to November 28, 1990 with a daily wage rate of P66.75 which was 75% of the applicable minimum
wage. On August 2, 1990, Roberto Capili who was handling a piece of glass which he was working on,
accidentally hit and injured the leg of an office secretary who was treated at a nearby hospital. Further,
Capili entered a workshop within the office premises which was not his work station. There, he
operated one of the power press machines without authority and in the process injured his left
thumb. The following day he was asked to resign. Three days after, , private respondent formally
filed before the NLRC Arbitration Branch, National Capital Region a complaint for illegal dismissal and
payment of other monetary benefits.