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Manila Electric Company vs. National Labor Relations Commission, et al.

MANILA ELECTRIC COMPANY, petitioner, vs. NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS COMMISSION and ISAGANI V. DE LA CRUZ, respondents.

G.R. No. 84282 | 1990-03-06

D E C I S I O N


GANCAYCO, J.:

The propriety of the reinstatement of an employee as ordered by the National Labor Relations Commission is in issue in this Petition.

The record of the case discloses that the herein private respondent Isagani V. De La Cruz was an employee of the herein petitioner Manila Electric Company. His principal duties include reading electric (consumption) meters in certain districts in the City of Manila as well as delivering the corresponding notices of electric consumption to the customers of the petitioner firm. He was employed in the company since June 30, 1980.

It appears that on October 20, 1985, a Sunday,...