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Philippine Journalist, Inc. Vs. Journal Employees Union (JEU) for its Union Members and Michael Alfante

PHILIPPINE JOURNALISTS, INC., Petitioner, vs. JOURNAL EMPLOYEES UNION (JEU), FOR ITS UNION MEMBER, MICHAEL ALFANTE, Respondents.

G.R. No. 192601 | 2013-06-03

FIRST DIVISION 

DECISION 

BERSAMIN, J.: 

The coverage of the term legal dependent as used in a stipulation in a collective bargaining agreement (CBA) granting funeral or bereavement benefit to a regular employee for the death of a legal dependent, if the CBA is silent about it, is to be construed as similar to the meaning that contemporaneous social legislations have set. This is because the terms of such social legislations are deemed incorporated in or adopted by the CBA. 

The decision of the Court of Appeals (CA) under review summarizes the factual and procedural antecedents, as follows: 

Complainant Judith Pulido...