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University of the East vs. Minister of Labor

UNIVERSITY OF THE EAST, petitioner, vs. HON. MINISTER OF LABOR AND U.E. FACULTY ASSOCIATION, respondents.

G.R. No. 74007 | 1987-07-31

D E C I S I O N


GUTIERREZ, JR., J.:

This petition for certiorari seeks to nullify the order of the Minister of Labor and Employment directing the University of the East to pay the faculty members concerned retirement benefits in accordance with their collective bargaining agreement, in addition to the payment of separation pay according to the Termination Pay Law.

On April 23, 1983 and May 4, 1983, the then president of the University of the East (UE) announced the phase-out of the College of Secretarial Education and the High School Department respectively, starting with the school year 1983-1984 on the grounds of lack of economic...