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Maranaw Hotels And Resorts Corporation Vs. Court Of Appeals, Et Al.

MARANAW HOTELS AND RESORTS CORPORATION (CENTURY PARK SHERATON MANILA), petitioner, vs. COURT OF APPEALS, HON. SANTIAGO O. TANADA (Voluntary Arbitrator) and GREGORIO GALE, respondents.

G.R. No. 103215 | 1992-11-06

D E C I S I O N


BELLOSILLO, J.:

For blurting out offensive remarks 1 against his supervisors in their absence but promptly reported to them, private respondent Gregorio Gale, a roomboy at the five-star Century Park Sheraton Manila owned and operated by petitioner Maranaw Hotels and Resorts Corporation, was dismissed for "discourtesy and use of disrespectful and impolite language against a superior which constitutes gross misconduct."

Gregorio Gale subsequently instituted a complaint for illegal dismissal which, conformably with their collective bargaining agreement, was then submitted to retired Judge Santiago O. Tañada for...