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The Peninsula Manila vs. Jara

THE PENINSULA MANILA AND SONJA VODUSEK, PETITIONERS, VS. EDWIN A. JARA, RESPONDENT.

G.R. No. 225586 | 2019-07-29

DECISION
 
LAZARO-JAVIER, J.:
 
The Case

This Petition for Review on Certiorari seeks to set aside the Decision[1] dated January 25, 2016 and Resolution dated July 5, 2016 of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. SP No. 131276, finding respondent's dismissal illegal and awarding him backwages and other monetary claims.
 
Factual Antecedents

Respondent Edwin Jara worked at petitioner The Peninsula Manila from 2002 until his dismissal in 2011. He became its captain waiter in 2009. The termination of Jara's services spawned from the incident which happened on July 22, 2011. Assigned then to the closing shift of respondent's...