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The Sixth Division of the National Labor Relations Commission (NLRC) in Quezon City affirmed its 29 December 2020 decision dismissing the complaint against CMB Films Services (CMB), Shoot Digital Video Company, and GMA Network, Inc. 

NLRC junks complaint vs GMA, video suppliers

The Sixth Division of the National Labor Relations Commission (NLRC) in Quezon City affirmed its 29 December 2020 decision dismissing the complaint against CMB Films Services (CMB), Shoot Digital Video Company, and GMA Network, Inc. 

The case involved 25 workers of CMB, an accredited lights and video equipment supplier of GMA, who filed regularization, money claims, and illegal deductions complaint against CMB, Shoot Digital Video Company, and GMA.

In an earlier decision, Labor Arbiter Romeo O. Fabregas, Jr. dismissed for lack of merit the complaint against GMA as the complainants were found to be employees of CMB.

Subsequently, both the complainants and CMB filed their respective appeals to the NLRC. The NLRC denied the complainants’ appeal while it granted the partial appeal of CMB since no substantial evidence was found to prove an employer-employee relationship between CMB and the complainants.

In the Resolution dated 29 December 2020, the NLRC ruled that the “complainants’ appeal is denied while Respondents CMB Films Services, Inc. and Shoot Digital Video Company’s partial appeal is granted.”

The said NLRC Decision became final and executory on 4 July 2021.