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ROSALIE L. GARGOLES, PETITIONER, VS. REYLITA S. DEL ROSARIO, DOING BUSINESS UNDER THE NAME AND STYLE JAY ANNE'S ONE HOUR PHOTO SHOP, RESPONDENT.

ROSALIE L. GARGOLES, PETITIONER, VS. REYLITA S. DEL ROSARIO, DOING BUSINESS UNDER THE NAME AND STYLE JAY ANNE'S ONE HOUR PHOTO SHOP, RESPONDENT.

G.R. No. 158583 | 2014-09-10

FIRST DIVISION
 
D E C I S I O N

BERSAMIN, J.:

An act of dishonesty by an employee who has been put in charge of the employer’s money and property amounts to breach of the trust reposed by the employer, and normally leads to loss of confidence in her. Such dishonesty comes within the just and valid causes for the termination of her employment under Article 282 of the Labor Code.

Antecedents
 
On February 20, 1992, the petitioner started working as an “all-around employee” acting as “cashier, sales clerk, xerox operator, janitress, photo printer, and messenger/delivery person” at Jay-Anne’s One Hour...