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Alhambra Industries, Inc. Vs. National Labor Relations Commission, Et Al.

ALHAMBRA INDUSTRIES, INC., petitioner, vs. NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS COMMISSION and DANILO RUPISAN, respondents.

G.R. No. 106771 | 1994-11-18

D E C I S I O N


BELLOSILLO, J.:

TODAY employment is no longer just an ordinary human activity. For most families the main source of their livelihood, employment has now leveled off with property rights which no one may be deprived of without due process of law.

Termination of employment is not anymore a mere cessation or severance of contractual relationship but an economic phenomenon affecting members of the family. This explains why under the broad principles of social justice the dismissal of employees is adequately protected by the laws of the state. Hence, Art. 277, par. (b), of the Labor Code of the Philippines, as amended by...