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Leopard Integrated Services, Inc. and/or Jose Poe Vs. Virgilio Macalinao

LEOPARD INTEGRATED SERVICES, INC. and/or JOSE POE, Petitioners, versus VIRGILIO MACALINAO, Respondent.

G.R. No. 159808 | 2008-09-30

D E C I S I O N


AUSTRIA-MARTINEZ, J.:

Herein petition for review on certiorari under Rule 45 of the Rules of Court originated from an illegal dismissal case filed by Virgilio Macalinao (respondent) against Leopard Integrated Services, Inc. and/or Jose Poe (petitioners). Respondent, who was a security guard in petitioners' agency, alleged that he was placed on "floating status" after he was relieved from his previous posting on September 8, 1998, until he filed the case on June 28, 1999. Petitioners belie respondent's allegation and assert that it was respondent who went on absence without leave (AWOL) by failing to report for work when...