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Hermenegildo Santos vs. NLRC, etal.

HERMENEGILDO L. SANTOS, petitioner, vs. NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS COMMISSION, JOHNSON & JOHNSON (PHILS.), INC. and JAIME V. CASTRO, respondent.

G.R. No. L-76991 | 1988-10-28

D E C I S I O N


FERNAN, C.J.:

In this petition for certiorari, the Court is called upon to decide whether or not the National Labor Relations Commission abused its discretion in affirming the labor arbiter's decision upholding the dismissal from employment of petitioner-managerial employee on the ground of abandonment of work.

Petitioner Hermenegildo L. Santos was employed as product manager by respondent Johnson & Johnson (Phils.), Inc. on November 1, 1979. Less than two years later, or on July 1, 1981, he was transferred to the sales department of the company as its sales administration manager.

Petitioner must have creditably...