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Phil Tuberculosis Society vs NLRC, et al

PHILIPPINE TUBERCULOSIS SOCIETY, INC., petitioner, vs. NATIONAL LABOR UNION and NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS COMMISSION, respondents.

G.R. No. 115414 | 1998-08-25

D E C I S I O N

MENDOZA, J.:

This is a petition for certiorari to set aside the decision, dated August 31, 1993, and the resolution, dated April 20, 1994, of the National Labor Relations Commission declaring the retrenchment of one hundred sixteen (116) employees of petitioner Philippine Tuberculosis Society, Inc. invalid and ordering the reinstatement of thirty-eight (38) employees and the payment of backwages to them. The rest of the employees were dropped from the complaint after it was found that they had executed deeds of quitclaim releasing petitioner from liability.

The facts of the instant case are as follows:

The Philippine...