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Antonio Rodriguez, Jr and the Board of FICCO vs NLRC, 5th Div and Estela Gadian

ANTONIO I. RODRIGUEZ, JR. and the BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE FIRST COMMUNITY COOPERATIVE (FICCO), petitioners, vs. NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS COMMISSION (NLRC), 5th DIVISION and ESTELA G. GADIAN, respondents.

G.R. No. 153947 | 2002-12-05

D E C I S I O N

MENDOZA, J.:

Private respondent Estela G. Gadian was hired on September 6, 1993 as an internal auditor by petitioner First Community Cooperative (FICCO). It appears that during the period from August to November 1997, private respondent took grocery items and other merchandise worth P13,842.25 from the consumer store of FICCO. Three personnel of the consumer store, Norma Carton, Allan Pagara and Hamilcar Gabaca, executed a joint affidavit stating that private respondent took the goods in question without paying for them, and that she did not sign any grocery loan application nor instruct the cashier to deduct the cost of...