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Ladislao P. Vergara vs. National Labor Relations Commission, et al.

LADISLAO P. VERGARA, petitioner vs. NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS COMMISSION and ARIS PHILIPPINES, INC., respondents.

G.R. No. 117196 | 1997-12-05

D E C I S I O N


PANGANIBAN, J.:

Is an employee, who was acquitted from a criminal charge of qualified theft due to the prosecution's failure to prove his guilt beyond reasonable doubt, entitled to automatic reinstatement and backwages considering that his dismissal was based on the same act that gave rise to the criminal complaint? Does the failure to post an appeal bond render a decision of the labor arbiter final and executory even where such decision did not include a computation of the monetary award?

The Case

Before us is a petition for certiorari under Rule 65 of the Rules of Court assailing the April 29, 1994 Decision 1 and the...