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HCA, etal vs. Nat'l Labor Rel. Comm. Etal.

HENRY CLYDE ABBOTT and PACIFICO ALUNAN, petitioners, vs. THE NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS COMMISSION, THE PRESIDENT AND VICE-PRESIDENT TRAVELLERS LIFE ASSURANCE, AND THE REGIONAL ARBITRATION BRANCH NO, 10, NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS COMMISSION, CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, respondents.

G.R. No. L-65173 | 1986-10-27

D E C I S I O N


CRUZ, J:

The factual backdrop of this petition for certiorari, mandamus, and prohibition is as follows:

Petitioners Henry Clyde Abbott and Pacifico Alunan were both regular agency managers of respondent Travellers Life Assurance of the Philippines, Inc. Without a written clearance, their services were terminated effective August 16, 1977. 1 They then filed a complaint in the Department of Labor for illegal dismissal, back salaries, commissions and bonuses. 2 A decision was rendered by Labor Arbiter Ildefonso Agbuya in their favor on August 27, 1978, granting a monetary award of P52,268.80 to Abbott and P46,315.00 to...