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DONGON VS RAPID MOVERS AND FORWARDERS CO., INC.

NATHANIEL N. DONGON, PETITIONER, VS. RAPID MOVERS AND FORWARDERS CO., INC., AND/OR NICANOR E. JAO, JR., RESPONDENTS.

G.R. No. 163431 | 2013-08-28

FIRST DIVISION


D E C I S I O N

BERSAMIN, J.:

The prerogative of the employer to dismiss an employee on the ground of willful disobedience to company policies must be exercised in good faith and with due regard to the rights of labor.

The Case

By petition for review on certiorari, petitioner appeals the adverse decision promulgated on October 24, 2003,[1] whereby the Court of Appeals (CA) set aside the decision dated June 17, 2002 of the National Labor Relations Commission (NLRC) in his favor.[2] The NLRC had thereby reversed the ruling dated September 10, 2001 of the Labor Arbiter dismissing his complaint for illegal dismissal.[3]

Antecedents

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