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EMCO Plywood & Jimmy Lim vs Perferio Ablegas, et al

EMCO PLYWOOD CORPORATION and JIMMY LIM, Petitioners, versus PERFERIO ABELGAS, ARTURO ABELLANA, FLORENCIO ABEQUIBEL, FELIZARDO AGUELO, NECERATO ALCALA, PEDRO ALIVIO JR., RODOLFO ALDAYA, ABELARDO AMANTE, NELSON ANGAC, ALEJO ANTOLIJAO, JOHN ALEX ARABEJO, REYNALDO ARBOLONIO, RODRIGO ARSILUM, RONALDO BABAYLAN, LEOPOLDO BAGA, AGRIPINO BARON, FELIPE BAHIAN, JOEL BADILLA, NARCISO BANTILLAN, FELIPE BANDIBAS, ERNESTO BEDRA, ROGELIO BONGATO, ADOLFO BUCAL, DOMINADOR BUSTILLO, PLUTARCO CABREROS, FELIPE CAMBARIHAN, PABLO CASANIA, PERFECTO CASTANES, FERDINAND CASTILLO, ISIDRO CERRO, MARCEDINO CELOCIA, LEODEGARIO CLARO, ALFREDO CLAVANO, EDILBRETO CUABO, EDILBERTO CURILAN, ANGELA DATIG, EDDIE DE LA CRUZ, DOMINO DELA CRUZ, SEGUNDO DELIGERO, RAYMUNDO DESAMPARADO, GAUDISIO DEVEYRA, HENRY ENERIO, ANTONIO ENCISO, ANSELMO FELIAS JR., JULIAN GANZAN, ALLAN HONCULADA, BIENVENIDO IBALANG, FREDERICK JANOPOL, SAMUEL JUMAMOY, ISABELO LOREN, PROCORIO LOLOR, RESTITUTO LOMOCSO, PEDRO LOZADA, PEDRO LOZAGA, PASTOR MAGARO, ALLAN MANAGA, SIMPLICIO MANDAS, SATURNINO MANISAN, DIOSDADO MATA, EMMANUEL MATUTOD, MAXIMO MEDALLE, MARCELINO MINOZA, NORBERTO MORDEN, ARNOLD MORDEN, WILLIAM MORADA, RAYMUNDO MORAGAS, RODRIGO MOSQUIDA, BENITO NEMENO JR., RICO OGCANG, EMELIANO ONDAP, FRANCISCO PANDAWATAN, ALFREDO PAIGAN, VENANCIO PAJO, ELY QUINONES, ALEJANDRO QUIPET, BENIGNO REPOLIDO, PABLO SUMIDO, JOSE SUMALINOG, SAMUEL TABLA, OSCAR TABANAO, MARIO TELIN, MANOLITO TIMTIM, FELIX TINDUGAN, DANILO VELUESTO, ALEJANDRO VILVESTRE, TEOFILO ZAPANTA, RODULFO ALCALA, PERCY ALIPIN, ANGELO AMADA, PAQUITO ANCAJAS, EDGARD ARBISO, PERFECTO ARABACA, JUDITH BALMORIA, JOHANNES BONGATO, NARCISO BULLECER JR., BERNADITA BURDEOS, WENCESLAO BUSA, RODRIGO CABAL, DONALD CADILINA, JOSE CAINGHOG, RODOLFO CATUBIG, GADIOSO CASTRODES, VIRGINIA CERRO, FORTUNATO CELETONA, JUAN CELLO, MARCIANO CORTEZ, ROLANDO CUMBA, ALMAR DAPAR, MARISA DELA CRUZ, SIMEON DELIGERO, DIOSDADO DOMINISE, FLORENTINO DUNCANO, CLAUDIO DUMO, MARIDEL EFREN, ROMUALDO ESTRETO, JAIME FLORES, ESMERALDO GALOPE, PROCESSO HERNANDO, ALFREDO JAVIER, CRISPINO JUGARAP, DANIEL LABRICA, ERNESTO LABADAN, AURELIO LINOGAO, BENALDO LOPEZ, AMADOR LUMONGSOD, FRESCO LUNOY, FLORENCIO MAGLASANG, EUTIQUEO MAJAIT, ALBINO MANLA, FELIPE MANTILLA, CASIANO MELICOR, ANECITA MENDOZA, NEMERIANO NACA, ZACARIAS NALAM, SIXTO NAPAL JR., ALMAQUIO OBEDENCIO, GODOFREDO OLAIZ, VIRGILIA OSORIO, ELEUTRIO PAGADOR, ARDEN PASILANG, DIONESIO PASILANG, ADELAIDO PAQUIPOT, FERNANDO PATINDOL, VIRGILIO PENDICA, FRANKLIN PILOTON, GIL PILOTON, CHARLITA PLAZA, EUFRACIA PLAZA, TORIBEO PUSA, FRANCISCO RAMIRA, BELEN ROJAS, ALFONSO SABANDAL, CARMEN SABELLANO, ROGELIO SIMPRON, CENIA SUMILE, ESPEREDION TABIQUE, ARECIO TAGHOY, SILVANA TAPALES, JEMCIE TIMTIM, ELENO TORILLO, THOMAS TERRECAMPO, FE VALENZUELA, FLORENCIO ABEQUIBEL, EFREN LUMINARIO, JULITO ONDAP, Respondents.

G.R. No. 148532 | 2004-04-14

D E C I S I O N

PANGANIBAN, J.:

Not every loss incurred or expected to be incurred by employers can justify retrenchment. They must prove, among others, that the losses are substantial and that the retrenchment is reasonably necessary to avert those losses.

The Case

Before us is a Petition for Review[1] under Rule 45 of the Rules of Court, challenging the December 21, 2000 Decision[2] and the June 20, 2001 Resolution[3] of the Court of Appeals[4] (CA) in CA-GR SP No. 51967. The assailed Decision disposed as follows:

"WHEREFORE, the petition for certiorari is GRANTED and the challenged Orders of the National Labor Relations...