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United Doctors Medical Center vs. Bernadas

UNITED DOCTORS MEDICAL CENTER, PETITIONER, VS. CESARIO BERNADAS, REPRESENTED BY LEONILA BERNADAS, RESPONDENT.

G.R. No. 209468 | 2017-12-13

DECISION
 
LEONEN, J.:
 
An employee who has already qualified for optional retirement but dies before the option to retire could be exercised is entitled to his or her optional retirement benefits, which may be claimed by the qualified employee's beneficiaries on his or her behalf.

This is a Petition for Review on Certiorari[1] assailing the June 21, 2013 Decision[2] and the October 4, 2013 Resolution[3] of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. SP No. 126781, sustaining the National Labor Relations Commission's finding that Cesario Bernadas' (Cesario) beneficiaries were entitled to his optional retirement...