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Ma. Lourdes T. Cruz, et al. Vs. Minister of Labor of Employment

MA. LOURDES T. CRUZ and RIZAL COMMERCIAL BANKING CORPORATION EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION, petitioners, vs. THE HON. MINISTER OF LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT and RIZAL COMMERCIAL BANKING CORPORATION, respondents.

G.R. No. L-56591 | 1983-01-17

D E C I S I O N


DE CASTRO, J.:

On November 21, 1979, respondent bank Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation (RCBC) filed an application for clearance to terminate the services of its remittance clerk, Ma. Lourdes Cruz, for gross negligence which was opposed by the latter by filing a complaint for illegal dismissal. On February 11, 1980, the Regional Director resolved the case by lifting petitioner's preventive suspension and directing the bank to reinstate her with full backwages. In support of his order, the Director held that the record is bereft of any substantial proof tending to show that Lourdes Cruz has committed act of gross...