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Vicente C. Etcuban, Jr. vs Sulpicio Lines, Inc

VICENTE C. ETCUBAN, JR., Petitioner, versus SULPICIO LINES, INC. Respondent.

G.R. No. 148410 | 2005-01-17



SECOND DIVISION
DECISION

CALLEJO, SR., J.:

The stakes are high in a position imbued with trust, and for petitioner Vicente C. Etcuban, Jr., the loss of trust in him by his employer cost him his job after 16 years of service.  He cries that the penalty was too harsh for an unproved and petty infraction. Upon the other hand, his employer avers that it acted well within its rights in terminating the petitioner’s services after the investigation revealed that the latter failed to live up to the trust and confidence expected of him as Chief Purser.  The Labor Arbiter and the National Labor Relations Commission (NLRC) agreed with the...