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Del Monte Philippines vs. NLRC, et al.

DEL MONTE PHILIPPINES, INC. petitioner, vs. NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS COMMISSION and PROCESA ALSOLA, respondents.

G.R. No. 126688 | 1998-03-05

D E C I S I O N

PUNO, J:

In this special civil action for certiorari, petitioner DEL MONTE PHILIPPINES, INC. seeks to set aside the Decision of the National Labor Relations Commission (NLRC), dated May 15, 1996, holding that it illegally dismissed private respondent PROCESA A. ALSOLA and directing it to pay her backwages and separation pay.

The facts show that private respondent PROCESA ALSOLA was a packer paid by the hour in the cannery of petitioner DEL MONTE PHILIPPINES, INC. in Bugo, Cagayan de Oro City. She has been in petitioner's employ since December 21, 1972.

The company rules provide for an Absence Without Permission (AWOP)...