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Manila Electric Company (Meralco) vs. Ma. Luisa Beltran

MANILA ELECTRIC COMPANY, Petitioner, vs. MA. LUISA BELTRAN, Respondent.

G.R. No. 173774 | 2012-01-30

FIRST DIVISION

D E C I S I O N

DEL CASTILLO, J.:


As the law regards workers with compassion, an employer's right to discipline them should be tempered with compassion as well. In line with this, the imposition of the supreme penalty of dismissal is justified only when there are sufficient grounds as supported by substantial evidence.


This Petition for Review on Certiorari1 assails the November 25, 2005 Decision2 of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. SP No. 67960, which granted the petition filed therewith, reversed the May 30, 2001 Decision3 of the National Labor Relations Commission (NLRC), and accordingly affirmed the July 16, 1999...