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Manila Jockey Club, Inc. Vs. Aimee Trajano

MANILA JOCKEY CLUB, INC., Petitioner, vs. AIMEE 0. TRAJANO, Respondent.

G.R. No. 160982 | 2013-06-26

FIRST DIVISION

DECISION 
BERSAMIN, J.: 

An illegally dismissed employee is entitled to her reinstatement without loss of seniority rights and other privileges, and to full backwages, inclusive of allowances and other benefits or their monetary equivalent. Should the reinstatement be no longer feasible, an award of separation pay in lieu of reinstatement will be justified, and the backwages shall be reckoned from the time her wages were withheld until the finality of the decision. 

The Case 

Employer Manila Jockey Club, Inc. (MJCI) appeals via petition for review on certiorari the adverse decision promulgated on January 30,...