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GSIS vs. Velasco [DECISION]

GOVERNMENT SERVICE INSURANCE SYSTEM (GSIS), PETITIONER, VS. ALBERT M. VELASCO, RESPONDENT.

G.R. No. 196564 | 2017-08-07

D E C I S I O N
 
LEONARDO-DE CASTRO, J.:
 
A government employer must exercise its management prerogatives and its authority to discipline employees in good faith and in accordance with the principles of fair play as expected of all employers.

Shortly after having been perpetually restrained by the Court of Appeals[1] from hearing and investigating the pending administrative cases against union president Albert M. Velasco (Velasco) and his colleague Mario I. Molina (Molina), then Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) President and General Manager Winston F. Garcia (PGM Garcia) dropped respondent Velasco from the roll of...