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Roche, etal. Vs. Nat'l Labor Rel. Comm. Etal.

ROCHE (PHILIPPINES), JERRY LOSBANES, GONZALO GALANG AND HENRICUS H.J.A. DORTSMAN, petitioners, vs. NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS COMMISSION, LABOR ARBITER VITO J. MINORIA AND REYNALDO VILLAREAL, respondents.

G.R. No. 83335 | 1989-10-05

D E C I S I O N


GANCAYCO, J.:

Once again, this Court is tasked with determining the legality of the termination of an employee in the present petition for certiorari. Petitioners seek the reversal of the Decision 1 of the National Labor Relations Commission wherein the termination of the private respondent was declared illegal.

The antecedent facts of the case are as follows:

Private respondent Reynaldo J. Villareal was employed by petitioner company as a medical representative for the Dumaguete/Bohol area. As such, his duty was to conduct sales calls on physicians within his territory and providing the latter with drug samples on...