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CANDIDO ALFARO vs. CA, NLRC and STAR PAPER Corp

CANDIDO ALFARO, petitioner, vs. COURT OF APPEALS, NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS COMMISSION and STAR PAPER CORPORATION, respondents.

G.R. No. 140812 | 2001-08-28

D E C I S I O N

PANGANIBAN, J.:

Generally, separation pay need not be paid to an employee who voluntarily resigns. However, an employer who agrees to expend such benefit as an incident of the resignation should not be allowed to renege in the performance of such commitment.

The Case

Before us is a Petition for Review on Certiorari[1] under Rule 45 of the Rules of Court, seeking to set aside the Decision[2] of the Court of Appeals (CA), which affirmed the June 16, 1998 Decision of the National Labor Relations Commission (NLRC).[3]

The Facts

The facts as related by petitioner in his Memorandum[4] are hereunder reproduced as follows:

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