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Santos vs. Integrated Pharmaceutical etc.

ROWENA A. SANTOS, PETITIONER. VS. INTEGRATED PHARMACEUTICAL, INC. AND KATHERYN TANTIANSU, RESPONDENTS.

G.R. No. 204620 | 2016-07-11

D E C I S I O N
 
DEL CASTILLO, J.:
 
Failure to comply strictly with the requirements-of procedural due process for dismissing an employee will not render such dismissal ineffectual if it is based on a just or an authorized cause. The employer, however, must be held liable for nominal damages for non-compliance with the requirements of procedural due process.[1]

This Petition for Review on Certiorari[2] assails the August 31, 2012 Decision[3] of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. SP No. 122180 that modified the July 14, 2011 Resolution[4] of the National Labor Relations Commission (NLRC). Said Resolution of the NLRC affirmed the...