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Loadstar Shipping Co & Teodoro Bernardino vs Romeo Mesano

LOADSTAR SHIPPING CO., INC. and TEODORO G. BERNARDINO, petitioners, vs. ROMEO MESANO, respondent.

G.R. No. 138956 | 2003-08-07

D E C I S I O N

SANDOVAL-GUTIERREZ, J.:

Employers should respect and protect the rights of their employees, which include the right to labor.[1] Towards this end, due process must be observed in dismissing an employee because it affects not only his position but also his means of livelihood.[2]

At bar is a petition for review on certiorari seeking to nullify the Decision[3] dated March 11, 1999 and Resolution[4] dated June 4, 1999 of the Court of Appeals which set aside the decision dated November 11, 1996 of the National Labor Relations Commission (NLRC) and ordered petitioner Loadstar Shipping Company, Inc. to pay private respondent...