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Coca-Cola Bottlers Phils., Inc., et al. vs Gomersendo P. Daniel.

COCA-COLA BOTTLERS PHILS., INC., NATALE DI COSMO, RENE HORILLENO, and BENITO A. DE LEON, Petitioners, versus GOMERSENDO P. DANIEL, Respondent.

G.R. No. 156893 | 2005-06-21

D E C I S I O N 


PANGANIBAN, J.: 

Illegally dismissed employees are entitled to both 1) reinstatement without loss of seniority rights and other privileges; and 2) full back wages, inclusive of allowances and other benefits or their monetary equivalent, from the time compensation was withheld up to the time of their actual reinstatement. The payment of separation pay has been considered an acceptable alternative to reinstatement when the latter is no longer desirable or viable because of the parties' strained relations as a consequence of the litigation. However, substantial evidence is required to show that the relationship was...