G.R. No. 202481 -

Ruling

WHEREFORE, premises considered, the Decision dated October 29, 2009 and the Resolution dated October 29, 2010, issued by public respondent NLRC are REVERSED and SET ASIDE; the Labor Arbiter's Decision dated March 26, 2004 is hereby REINSTATED. SO ORDERED . [4] G.R. Nos. 202495 & 202497 ABS-CBN Corporation v. Payonan, et al. In ABS-CBN Corporation v. Payonan, et al. (G.R. Nos. 202495 & 202497),5 ABS-CBN Corporation (ABS-CBN) seeks the reversal of the CA Decision6 dated October 28, 2011 and Resolution7 dated June 27, 2012 in CA-G.R. SP Nos. 108552 and 108976, declaring the workers as regular employees of ABS-CBN. The dispositive portion of the CA Decision states: WHEREFORE, upon the foregoing, the petitions are GRANTED. In CA-GR SP No. 108552, the Resolutions dated 23 October 2008 and 30 January 2009 of the National Labor Relations Commission, Second Division are ANNULLED AND SET ASIDE, and a new one rendered declaring petitioners as regular employees of private respondent and accordingly entitled to the benefits and privileges accorded to all other regular employees of private respondent ABS-CBN under the Collective Bargaining Agreement and/or company policy. In CA-GR SP No. 108976, the Resolutions dated 18 December 2008 and 23 March 2009 of the National Labor Relations Commission, Third Division are ANNULLED AND SET ASIDE, and the Decision of the Labor Arbiter dated 23 June 2008 is reinstated. SO ORDERED.