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Central Pangasinan Electric Coop vs Macaraeg and De Vera

CENTRAL PANGASINAN ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE, INC., petitioner, vs. GERONIMA MACARAEG and MARIBETH DE VERA, respondents.

G.R. No. 145800 | 2003-01-22

D E C I S I O N

PUNO, J.:

In this petition for review on certiorari, petitioner Central Pangasinan Electric Cooperative, Inc. challenges the decision of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. SP No. 55128 affirming the decision of the voluntary arbitrator in NCMB-RBI-PM-VA-5-03-99 ordering the reinstatement of respondents to petitioner's employ and payment of their backwages.

Petitioner is an electric cooperative duly organized and existing under Philippine laws. Respondent Geronima Macaraeg and Maribeth de Vera are employees of petitioner at its office in Area V, Bayambang, Pangasinan. Respondent de Vera was employed as teller whose primary...