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Juan Saballa, et al. vs NLRC, et al.

JUAN SABALLA, LAILANI J. MIRANDA, NELIA I. IBARRIENTOS, HELEN G. QUIAMBAO, WILBERTO D. AMPARADO AND FIDEL S. MANAOG, petitioners, vs. NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS COMMISSION AND COOPERATIVE, INC., respondents.

G.R. Nos. 102472-84 | 1996-08-22

PANGANIBAN, J.:


In the instant case, the Court reiterates the requirements which must be observed before a retrenchment due to business reverses may be validly undertaken, and the sanctions for their non-observance.

Assailed in this petition are the Decision 1 promulgated June 28, 1991 by the respondent Commission 2 which overturned the decision 3 dated February 9, 1990 of the Labor Arbiter 4 in RAB V Case No. 05-11-00262-88 (and 12 companion cases), as well as the respondent Commission's Resolution 5 which denied the petitioners' motion for reconsideration.

The Facts

On April 23, 1988, Arturo Margallo, General Manager of the...