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Edge Apparel, Inc. vs. NLRC, et al.

EDGE APPAREL, INC., petitioner, vs. NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS COMMISSION, Fourth Division, Cebu City; Regional Arbitration Branch No. 7, Cebu City; and JOSEPHINE ANTIPUESTO, NORINA ANDO, JULIET BAGUIO, APOLINARIA VELONTA, CORAZON PINO, and JOSEPHINE CA?ETE, respondents.

G.R. No. 121314 | 1998-02-12

D E C I S I O N

VITUG, J:

Pursuing its retrenchment program, petitioner Edge Apparel, Inc., dismissed private respondents Josephine Antipuesto, Norina Ando, Juliet Baguio, Apolinaria Velonta, Corazon Pino and Josephine Cañete from employment effective 03 September 1992. Feeling aggrieved, Antipuesto, et al., consulted with the Regional Director of the Department of Labor and Employment ("DOLE") who opined that it would be best for them to receive the separation pay being offered by the corporation. His advice was heeded. The subsequent receipt of their separation pay benefits, nevertheless, did not deter Antipuesto, et al., from...