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Philippine Airlines, Inc., Vs. Arthur B. Tongson.

PHILIPPINE AIRLINES, INC., petitioner, vs. ARTHUR B. TONGSON, respondent.

G.R. No. 153157 | 2003-10-14

D E C I S I O N

SANDOVAL-GUTIERREZ, J.:

Simplification of procedure, without regard to technicalities of law or procedure and without sacrificing the fundamental requisites of due process, is mandated to insure speedy administration of social justice. Thus, Article 221 of the Labor Code allows the NLRC and the Labor Arbiter to decide the case on the basis of position papers and other documents submitted by the parties without resorting to technical rules of evidence as observed in regular courts of justice.[1]

For resolution is a petition for review on certiorari under Rule 45 of the 1997 Rules of Civil Procedure, as amended, assailing...