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Philippine Airlines, Inc. Vs. National Labor Relations Commission, Et Al.

PHILIPPINE AIRLINES, INC., petitioner, vs. NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS COMMISSION and OSCAR IRINEO, respondents. The Legal Department, PAL for petitioner. Francisco M. Delos Reyes for private respondent.

G.R. No. 87698 | 1991-09-24

D E C I S I O N


NARVASA, J.:

This case treats of an employee of Philippine Airlines, Inc. (PAL), who was dismissed from his work on August 23, 1967 on the basis of the findings and recommendations of a Fact Finding Panel, submitted on August 11, 1967 after an investigation commenced in July, 1967 in coordination with a well known accounting firm. 1 The Fact Finding Panel recommended the criminal prosecution of the employee, Oscar Irineo, together with four others, namely:

Rogelio Damian, Antonio Rabasco, Jacinto Macatol and Jesus Saba, on account of complicity in irregular refunds of international plane tickets. 2

On the basis of the...