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Philippine Span Asia Carriers Corp. vs. Pelayo

PHILIPPINE SPAN ASIA CARRIERS CORPORATION (FORMERLY SULPICIO LINES, INC.), PETITIONER, V. HEIDI PELAYO, RESPONDENT.

G.R. No. 212003 | 2018-02-28

D E C I S I O N
 
LEONEN, J.:
 
"Not every inconvenience, disruption, difficulty, or disadvantage that an employee must endure sustains a finding of constructive dismissal."[1] It is an employer's right to investigate acts of wrongdoing by employees. Employees involved in such investigations cannot ipso facto claim that employers are out to get them. Their involvement in investigations will naturally entail some inconvenience, stress, and difficulty. However, even if they might be burdened - and, in some cases, rather heavily so - it does not necessarily mean that an employer has embarked on their constructive...