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Gran Asian Shipping Lines, et al. Vs. Wilfredo Galvez, et al.

GRAND ASIAN SHIPPING LINES, INC., EDUARDO P. FRANCISCO AND WILLIAM HOW, PETITIONERS, VS. WILFREDO GALVEZ, JOEL SALES, CRISTITO GRUTA, DANILO ARGUELLES, RENATO BATAYOLA, PATRICIO FRESMILLO,* JOVY NOBLE, EMILIO DOMINICO, BENNY NILMAO, AND JOSE AUSTRAL, RESPONDENTS.

G.R. No. 178184 | 2014-01-29

SECOND DIVISION
 
D E C I S I O N

DEL CASTILLO, J.:

The employer has broader discretion in dismissing managerial employees on the ground of loss of trust and confidence than those occupying ordinary ranks.  While plain accusations are not sufficient to justify the dismissal of rank and file employees, the mere existence of a basis for believing that managerial employees have breached the trust reposed on them by their employer would suffice to justify their dismissal.1
 
Before us is a Petition for Review on Certiorari2 assailing the September 12, 2006 Decision3 of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. SP No. 82379, which...