City of Dreams operator MCE Leisure (Philippines) Corporation cannot hire newly resigned staff of Bloomberry Resorts and Hotels, Inc., the Philippines’ Court of Appeals (CA) has ruled.

BusinessWorld reported that the appellate court barred MCE Leisure from hiring Bloomberry employees within six months to one year from their resignation as it ordered the Lawrence Ho-owned casino resort to comply with provisions of its compromise deal with Bloomberry dated Nov. 28, 2014.

The compromise deal provides that MCE Leisure cannot hire or employ any person formerly or currently hired by BRHI for a period of six months from date of resignation from the latter. If the person has a non-compete clause longer than six months, MCE Leisure is also bound to respect this provision.

Associate Justice Jhosep Lopez of the CA’s 15th division also held that the compromise agreement also covered MCE’s parent companies and subsidiaries. Concurring with the decision were Concurring were Associate Justices Ramon R. Garcia and Leoncia R. Dimagiba.