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Cainta Catholic School, et al. vs. Cainta Catholic School Employees Union.

CAINTA CATHOLIC SCHOOL and MSGR. MARIANO T. BALBAGO, Petitioners, versus CAINTA CATHOLIC SCHOOL EMPLOYEES UNION (CCSEU), Respondent.

G.R. No. 151021 | 2006-05-04

THIRD DIVISION

D E C I S I O N


Tinga, J.

The main issue for resolution hinges on the validity of a stipulation in a Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) that allows management to retire an employee in its employ for a predetermined lengthy period but who has not yet reached the minimum compulsory retirement age provided in the Labor Code. Jurisprudence has answered the question in the affirmative a number of times and our duty calls for the application of the principle of stare decisis. As a consequence, we grant the petition and reverse the Court of Appeals. 

Before us is a petition for review on certiorari under Rule 45 of the...