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PLDT vs. Nat'l Labor Rel. Comm.

PHILIPPINE LONG DISTANCE TELEPHONE COMPANY, petitioner, vs. THE NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS COMMISSION and LAZARO R. SANTOS, respondents.

G.R. No. 74562 | 1987-07-31

D E C I S I O N


PARAS, J.:

This is a petition for review on certiorari of the April 30, 1986 Decision of the National Labor Relations Commission in Case No. NLRC-NCR-2-636-85 entitled Lazaro R. Santos v. Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company, reversing the July 16, 1985 Decision of the Labor Arbiter by reinstating Lazaro R. Santos with three (3) months back wages.

On March 28, 1983, herein private respondent was employed by the herein petitioner as a Junior Telephone Installer with a monthly salary of P810.00 plus P350.00 monthly living allowance. His duties, among other things, were to install and repair telephones.

On May 20,...