A.C. Ransom labor union vs.

NLRC

Can the agents and officers of Ransom be personally liable?

Yes. This decision ordering the officers of ransom to resinstate the laborers with bakwagers was
proper since a corporation as an artificial being can only act through them. The shielf of
corporate fiction should ne pierced when it is deliberately and maliciously designed to evade
financial obligations to employees. Furthermore, the worker preference applies even if the
employer’s properties were encumbered by a mortgage contract.

Orlando Farm Growers vs NLRC, antotnio paquuit

May an unregistered association be considered as an employer independent of its members

and be held liable?
Yes. An employer is any person acting in the interest of an employer directly or indirectly. The
law does not require an employer to be registered before he can be considered as such

Madreigal Shipping Co. cs. Monica Melad, Aparri pilots assoc.

Are coast pilots employed by the vessels needing their services thus entitling heirs to their
claims?
Yes. Apari pilots assoc cannot be considered an independent contractor because it appears to
neither have capital nor money to pay employees.Moreover, while a pilot is responsible for the
direction of the vessel when he assumes control, his conduct isstill subject to approval of the
master. Hence, madrigal cannot claim he does not have control over the conduct of the
deceased pilots.

Reyes vs. Glaucoma Research Foundation. EYE REFFERAL CENTER

To establish ER-EE relationship use control test- the power to control most important control
both end achieved and the manner and means used. Respondent’s power to approve/reject the
org plans drawn by reyes cannot be the control contemplated. Where a person who works for
another peforms his job more or less at his own pleasure, in the manner he sees fit, not subject
to definite hours or conditions of work and is compensated according to the result of his efforts
and not to the amount.

Sonza vs ABS CBN