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Paguio Transport Vs NLRC and Wilfredo Melchor

PAGUIO TRANSPORT CORPORATION, Petitioner, vs NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS COMMISSION AND WILFREDO MELCHOR, Respondents

G.R. No. 119500 | 1998-08-28

D E C I S I O N 

PANGANIBAN, J : 

In dismissing the Petition, this Court reiterates the following doctrines: [1] the "boundary system" used in taxi [and jeepney] operations presupposes an employer-employee relation; [2] the employer must prove just [or authorized] cause and due process to justify dismissal of an employee; [3] strained relations must be demonstrated as a fact; and [4] back wages and reinstatement are necessary consequences of illegal dismissal. 

The Case 

Before Us is a Petition for Certiorari and Prohibition with Preliminary Injunction assailing the December 16, 1994 Decision of the National Labor...