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Yellow Bus Line Employees vs. Yellow Bus Line Inc.

YELLOW BUS LINE EMPLOYEES UNION (YBLEU), Petitioner, vs. YELLOW BUS LINE, INC. (YBLI), Respondent. Present: VELASCO, JR., J., Chairperson, PERALTA, PEREZ, REYES, and JARDELEZA,* JJ

G.R. No. 190876 | 2016-06-15

DECISION

PEREZ, J.:

The primary issue for resolution pivots on the validity of the dismissal of two drivers working for petitioner Yellow Bus Line, Inc. (YBL).

This petition for review seeks to reverse the Decision1 dated 31 July 2009 of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. SP No. 00284, which set aside the decision of the Panel of Voluntary Arbitrators declaring the dismissal of Jimmy Gardonia (Gardonia) and Francisco Querol (Querol) illegal.

The facts, as culled from the records, are as follow:

Gardonia and Querol were hired by YBL as drivers on 17 December 1993and14February 1995, respectively.

In October 2002, Gardonia was driving along the...