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PLDT vs. National Labor Relations Commission, et al.

PHILIPPINE LONG DISTANCE TELEPHONE COMPANY, petitioner, vs. THE NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS COMMISSION and RODOLFO YANGUAS, respondents.

G.R. No. L-60050 | 1984-03-26

D E C I S I O N


GUTIERREZ, JR., J.:

This is a petition to review the resolution of respondent National Labor Relations Commission (NLRC) dated January 20, 1982, which dismissed the petitioner\'s appeal on the ground that it was filed beyond the reglementary period.

Private respondent Rodolfo Yanguas started working with respondent Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company on January 22, 1951. He rose from the ranks until he reached the position of Cable Foreman SJG-2 sometime in July, 1972.

On September 20, 1980, private respondent Yanguas was informed that he would be placed under preventive suspension effective October 1, 1980,...