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Ruben L. Andrada, et al. Vs. NLRC, et al

RUBEN L. ANDRADA, BERNALDO V. DELOS SANTOS, JOVEN M. PABUSTAN, FILAMER ALFONSO, VICENTE A. MANTALA, JR., HARVEY D. CAYETANO, and JOVENCIO L. POBLETE, Petitioners, versus NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS COMMISSION, SUBIC LEGEND RESORTS AND CASINO, INC., and/or MR. HWA PUAY, MS. FLORDELIZA MARIA REYES RAYEL, and its CORPORATE OFFICERS, Respondents.

G.R. No. 173231 | 2007-12-27

D E C I S I O N


VELASCO, JR., J.:

To provide full protection to labor, the employers' prerogative to bring down labor costs through retrenchment must be exercised carefully and essentially as a measure of last resort. So should managements' prerogative to declare the employees' services redundant not be used a weapon to frustrate labor. This case brings to fore the continuing labor-management struggle for mutual survival.

Petitioners Ruben Andrada, Jovencio Poblete, Filamer Alfonso, Harvey Cayetano, Vicente Mantala, Jr., Bernaldo delos Santos, and Joven Pabustan were hired on various dates from 1995 up to 1997 and worked as...