EPISODE 123: Finding the True Employer

In a contracting arrangement, how do we determine who the true employer is? Listen to the #SupremeCourtPH Podcast with guest Atty. Marlon J. Manuel, a Labor Law examiner for the 2022 Bar Examinations and a faculty member of the Ateneo de Manila University (AdMU) School of Law, teaching Labor Law. He is also a Bar Review and Mandatory Continuing Legal Education lecturer at AdMU and previously served as Coordinator of the Alternative Law Groups from 2008-2017. Supreme Court Chief Communications Officer Atty. Mike Navallo and Atty. Manuel discuss contracting agreements within the context of the case of Delera and Quiling v. Philippine Foremost Milling, Corp., Amigo Logistics Corp., MMA Competent Manpower & General Services, Inc., G.R. No. 258481. This Decision was promulgated by the Supreme Court Third Division on November 10, 2025.