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PEPSI-COLA Distirbutors of the Phils., Inc. vs. National Labor Relations Commission, et al.

PEPSI-COLA DISTRIBUTORS OF THE PHILIPPINES, INC., petitioner vs. NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS COMMISSION, THIRD DIVISION, HON. JOSE B. BOLISAY, EXECUTIVE LABOR ARBITER REGIONAL, ARBITRATION, BRANCH No. 1, SAN FERNANDO, LA UNION and PEDRO B. BATIN, respondents.

G.R. No. 106831 | 1997-05-06

D E C I S I O N


FRANCISCO, J.:

Before the Court is a petition for certiorari whereby petitioner Pepsi-Cola imputes grave abuse of discretion to public respondent National Labor Relations Commission (NLRC) in sustaining the findings of the Labor Arbiter that private respondent Pedro B. Batin was illegally dismissed from work.

The facts are as follows:

Sometime in 1978, private respondent was employed by petitioner as a salesman of its softdrink products. On March, 1985, he was promoted as Field Sales Manager assigned by petitioner at its Warehouse in Urdaneta, Pangasinan. 1

Three (3) years later, on May, 1988, private respondent...