Abad, Et. Al. vs. RTC of Manila, Et. Al.-g.R. No. L-65505-October 12, 1987
Abad, Et. Al. vs. RTC of Manila, Et. Al.-g.R. No. L-65505-October 12, 1987
or bodies on labor related provisions and are not restricted by the technical rules of pleading
and evidence.
The Regional Trial Courts of today are actually the same courts that functioned as Courts of
First Instance before the Judiciary Reorganization Act (BP 129). There might have been a
change in the name and in some incidental features but essentially, they are the same.
However, whereas before jurisdiction over money claims of laborers and employees
appertained to Courts of First Instance, the same are now to be taken cognizance of by proper
entities in the Department of Labor and Employment.
The rule of adherence of jurisdiction until a cause is finally resolved or adjudicated does not
apply when the change in jurisdiction is curative in character. Thus in the instant case, there is
nothing wrong in holding that Regional Trial Courts no longer have jurisdiction over aforesaid
monetary claims of labor.