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Laq Consolacion College of Manila Sr. vs. Pascua

LA CONSOLACION COLLEGE OF MANILA, SR. IMELDA A. MORA, OSA, ALBERT D. MANALILI, AND ALICIA MANABAT, PETITIONERS, VS. VIRGINIA PASCUA, M.D., RESPONDENT.

G.R. No. 214744 | 2018-03-14

DECISION
 
LEONEN, J.:
 
When termination of employment is occasioned by retrenchment to prevent losses, an employer must declare a reasonable cause or criterion for retrenching an employee. Retrenchment that disregards an employee's record and length of service is an illegal termination of employment.

This resolves a Petition for Review on Certiorari[1] under Rule 45 of the 1997 Rules of Civil Procedure, praying that the assailed June 2, 2014 Decision[2] and October 8, 2014 Resolution[3] of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. SP No. 130793 be reversed and set aside.

The assailed Court of Appeals June 2, 2014 Decision...