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Cañete and Isabida vs. NLRC and Abajo

BENEDICTO CAÑETE and EDGAR ISABIDA, petitioners, vs. NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS COMMISSION and ABRAHAM ABAJO, respondents.

G.R. No. 131467 | 1999-04-21

D E C I S I O N


PANGANIBAN, J.:

If, through their own fault or inaction, parties fail to fully air their side before the labor arbiter, the remand of their case for further proceedings is not justified. With substantial justice as goal, the labor arbiters are given wide latitude in conducting proceedings before them. Subject to the requirements of due process, they may decide the cases on the basis of pleadings, documents and evidence filed before them by the parties. A formal or trial-type hearing is not always necessary.

The Case

Before us is a Petition for Certiorari under Rule 65 of the Rules of Court assailing the July 31, 1997 Resolution...