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Bonifacio Anino, et al. Vs. NLRC, et al.

BONIFACIO ANINO, RICARDO NAVARRO, HENRY FILOTEO, DAVID DAUGDAUG, EDGARDO CEREDON and ALAN BALADYA, petitioners, vs. NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS COMMISSION, HINATUAN MINING CORPORATION and FEDERICO B. GANIGAN, respondents.

G.R. No. 123226 | 1998-05-21

D E C I S I O N

PANGANIBAN, J:

Were petitioners validly retrenched? In answering this question in the negative, the Court adheres to the doctrine, laid down in Lopez Sugar Corporation vs. Federation of Free Workers 1 and reiterated very recently in Somerville Stainless Steel Corporation vs. NLRC, 2 listing the basic requisites that employers must prove with substantial evidence to justify the retrenchment of their employees.

The Case

This is a petition for review under Rule 65 of the Rules of Court seeking to set aside the August 22, 1995 Decision 3 and October 27, 1995 Resolution 4 of the National Labor Relations Commission 5 in NLRC...