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Eagle Star Security Services, Inc. Vs. Bonifacio L. Mirando

EAGLE STAR SECURITY SERVICES, INC., Petitioner, versus BONIFACIO L. MIRANDO, Respondent.

G.R. No. 179512 | 2009-07-30

D E C I S I O N


CARPIO MORALES, J.:

Bonifacio Mirando (respondent), who was hired by Eagle Star Security Services, Inc. (petitioner) as a security guard on July 29, 1997, was posted at the Heroes Hill Branch (in Quezon City) of Equitable-PCI Bank (now Banco de Oro-EPCI Bank) with a 9:00 a.m.-to-5:00 p.m. shift and a daily wage of P250.00.[1]

On December 14, 2001, respondent was made to sign a duty schedule for December 15 (a Saturday). When he reported for work on December 15, 2001, he was told by the detachment commander, Juanito Endencio (Endencio), not to report for duty per instruction of the head office. Respondent thus called up...