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Duay, Arcadio, et al. Vs. Court of Industrial Relations, et al.

ARCADIO DUAY, SOLEDAD MAPA, ET AL., petitioners, vs. COURT OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS and INSULAR LUMBER CO. (PHILS.), INC., respondents.

G.R. No. L-40103 | 1983-06-24

D E C I S I O N


GUTIERREZ, JR., J.:

This is a petition to review on certiorari a resolution of the respondent court which ruled that the termination of employment of the petitioners was due to the necessity for retrenchment arising from the private respondent's economic difficulties. The court stated that the lay offs were not due to any unfair labor practice but nonetheless ordered the respondent company to pay the petitioners separation gratuities in accordance with Republic Act 1787, otherwise known as the Termination Pay Law.

The instant case was commenced by the Acting Prosecutor of the Iloilo branch of the respondent court who,...