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Brahm Industries, Inc. vs. Nlrc, et al.

BRAHM INDUSTRIES, INC., petitioner vs. NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS COMMISSION, REYNALDO C. GAGARINO, ROBERTO M. DURIAN and JONE M. COMENDADOR, respondents.

G.R. No. 118853 | 1997-10-16

D E C I S I O N

BELLOSILLO, J:

Matters concerning dismissal of workers are, admittedly, within the ambit of management prerogative. However, certain mandatory requirements laid down by law must be complied with to insure that this prerogative is exercised without arbitrariness or abuse of discretion. Our legal system dictates that both the reason for and the manner of dismissing a worker must be appropriate otherwise the termination itself is gravely defective and may be declared unlawful. This is because a worker's job has some of the characteristics of property rights and is therefore within the constitutional mantle of protection that...