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CHICO-NAZARIO,J.:
Before this Court is a Petition for Review on Certiorari
under Rule 45 of the Revised Rules of Court, filed by
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8 Id., at p. 121.
9 Id., at pp. 113-114.
10 Id., at pp. 39-43.
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11 Id., at p. 42.
12 Id., at pp. 44-46.
13 Id.
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to at least one (1) month salary or to one-half (1/2) month salary for every
year of service, whichever is greater, a fraction of at least six (6) months
being considered as one (1) whole year.
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to dismiss him. This decision, however, must come only after the
employee is given a reasonable period from receipt of the first notice
within which to answer the charge and ample opportunity to be
heard and defend himself with the assistance of a representative if
he so desires. This is in consonance with the express provision of
the law on the protection to labor and the broader dictates of
procedural due process. Non-compliance therewith is fatal
because these requirements are conditions sine qua non
before dismissal may be validly effected. (Emphases supplied.)
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granted to the latter under the Labor Code and its Implementing
Rules.37
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37 Id., at p. 617.
38 G.R. No. 151378, 28 March 2005, 454 SCRA 119, as cited in DAP
Corporation v. Court of Appeals, supra note 36.
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employers cost-cutting measure without observance of the two-notice
rule as mandated by the Labor Code. In this case, this court ruled that
employers failure to comply with the notice requirement does not
constitute a denial of due process but mere failure to observe a procedure
for termination of employment which makes the termination ineffectual.
42 Agabon v. National Labor Relations Commission, supra note 36.
43 Electro System Industries Corporation v. National Labor Relations
Commission, G.R. No. 165282, 5 October 2005, 472 SCRA 199, 205.
** Per Special Order No. 497, dated 14 March 2008, signed by Chief
Justice Reynato S. Puno designating Associate Justice Dante O. Tinga to
replace Associate Justice Consuelo Ynares-Santiago, who is on official
leave under the Courts Wellness Program and assigning Associate
Justice Alicia Austria-Martinez as Acting Chairperson.
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