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Servidad vs. National Labor Relations Commission

JOAQUIN T. SERVIDAD, petitioner, vs. NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS COMMISSION, INNODATA PHILIPPINES, INC./ INNODATA CORPORATION, TODD SOLOMON, respondents.

G.R. No. 128682 | 1999-03-18

D E C I S I O N

PURISIMA, J.:

Commodum ex injuria sua nemo habere debet. No one should obtain an advantage from his own wrong. Schemes which preclude acquisition of tenurial security should be condemned as contrary to public policy. No member of the work force of this country should be allowed to be taken advantage of by the employer.[1]

In this special civil action for Certiorari petitioner seeks to annul the decision[2] of the National Labor Relations Commission (NLRC) reversing the Labor Arbiter's disposition[3] that he was illegally dismissed.

The facts of the case are as follows:

Petitioner Joaquin T. Servidad was employed on May 9,...