FIRST DIVISION
[G.R. No. 217541. July 20, 2015.]
LUDIVICO CASTILLO, JR., [DECEASED, SUBSTITUTED BY WIFE AND CHILDREN], JOEL O. APOSTOL, ROLANDO A. DECENA, ROLANDO N. BACINA, ERNESTO D. GATON, ET AL., petitioners, vs. R.S. CARSON GENERAL CONSTRUCTION CORPORATION AND RAUL M. TUASON, respondents.
NOTICE
Sirs/Mesdames :
Please take notice that the Court, First Division, issued a Resolution datedJuly 20, 2015 which reads as follows:
"G.R. No. 217541 (Ludivico Castillo, Jr., [deceased, substituted by wife and children], Joel O. Apostol, Rolando A. Decena, Rolando N. Bacina, Ernesto D. Gaton, et al. v. R.S. Carson General Construction Corporation and Raul M. Tuason). — The petitioners' motion for an extension of thirty (30) days within which to file a petition for review on certiorari is GRANTED, counted from the expiration of the reglementary period; and the motion of Atty. Culbert G. Reynes of the Public Attorney's Office, counsel for petitioners, for substitution of petitioner Ludivico Castillo, Jr., informing the Court of the death of Ludivico Castillo, Jr. and that he will be substituted in the case by his wife and children is NOTED and GRANTED.
After a judicious review of the records, the Court resolves to DENY the instant petition and AFFIRM the October 29, 2014 Decision 1 and March 9, 2015 Resolution 2 of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. SP No. 133341 for failure of petitioners Ludivico Castillo, Jr., Joel O. Apostol, Rolando A. Decena, et al. (petitioners) to show that the CA committed any reversible error in finding that they were project employees.
As correctly found by the CA, the length of service or the re-hiring of workers on a project-to-project basis does not confer upon them regular employment status. In William Uy Construction Corp. and/or Uy v. Trinidad, 3 the Court stated that workers engaged for specific projects, with the duration and scope of their engagement specified at the time their services are contracted, remained project employees regardless of the number of years and the various projects they worked for with the company, 4 as in this case.
SO ORDERED." SERENO, C.J., on official leave; PERALTA, J., acting member per S.O. No. 2103 dated July 13, 2015. LEONARDO-DE CASTRO, J., on official leave; LEONEN, J., acting member per S.O. No. 2108 dated July 13, 2015.
Very truly yours,
(SGD.) EDGAR O. ARICHETADivision Clerk of Court
Footnotes
1. Rollo, pp. 61-69. Penned by Associate Justice Manuel M. Barrios with Associate Justices Normandie B. Pizarro and Victoria Isabel A. Paredes concurring.
2. Id. at 71-73.
3. 629 Phil. 185 (2010).
4. See id. at 189; citation omitted.