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PLDT vs NLRC

PHILIPPINE LONG DISTANCE TELEPHONE COMPANY, petitioner, vs. THE NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS COMMISSION and MARILYN ABUCAY, respondents.

G.R. No. L-80609 | 1988-08-23

D E C I S I O N


CRUZ, J.:

The only issue presented in the case at bar is the legality of the award of financial assistance to an employee who had been dismissed for cause as found by the public respondent.

Marilyn Abucay, a traffic operator of the Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company, was accused by two complainants of having demanded and received from them the total amount of P3,800.00 in consideration of her promise to facilitate approval of their applications for telephone installation. 1 Investigated and heard, she was found guilty as charged and accordingly separated from the service. 2 She went to the Ministry of Labor and...