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MLQU/Agusto Sunico vs. National Labor Relations

MANUEL L. QUEZON UNIVERSITY/AUGUSTO B. SUNICO, President, petitioners, vs. NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS COMMISSION (Third Division), NOEMI B. JUAT and EDILBERTO AZURIN, respondents.

G.R. No. 141673 | 2001-10-17

D E C I S I O N

PARDO, J.:

The Case

The case is an appeal via certiorari from the decision[1] of the Court of Appeals affirming the resolutions of the National Labor Relations Commission ruling that respondents retiring faculty members of petitioner Manuel L. Quezon University were entitled to retirement benefits under Republic Act No. 7641, even if petitioner had an existing valid retirement plan.

The Facts

The facts, as found by the Court of Appeals, are as follows:

Petitioner Manuel L. Quezon University (MLQU) is a private educational institution which established a retirement plan for its employees as early as June 26, 1967. The...