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Cebu Filveneer Corp vs NLRC and Jessiely Villaflor

CEBU FILVENEER CORPORATION and/or CARLO CORDARO, petitioners, vs. NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS COMMISSION (Fourth Division) and JESSIELYN VILLAFLOR, respondents.

G.R. No. 126601 | 1998-02-24

D E C I SI O N

PUNO, J.:

This petition for certiorari and prohibition[1] seeks to nullify the April 30, 1996 Decision[2] and the August 28, 1996 Resolution[3] of the National Labor Relations Commission (Fourth Division) declaring illegal the dismissal of Jessielyn Villaflor and holding Cebu Filveneer Corporation and Carlo Cordaro solidarily liable for separation pay, backwages, moral damages and attorney's fees.

On November 16, 1991, the private respondent was hired as chief accountant of petitioner Cebu Filveneer Corporation. Ms. Rhodora M. Guillermo served as her accounting clerk. The top executives of petitioner corporation were...