Case Digest (G.R. No. 172363)
Case Digest (G.R. No. 172363)
Facts:
Juvy M. Manatad was employed by Philippine Telegraph and Telephone Corporation as a junior clerk in September 1988, later promoted to Account Executive, and was temporarily laid off on 1 September 1998 pursuant to respondent's Temporary Staff Reduction Program; on 16 November 1998 she received an offer to avail herself of a Staff Reduction Program Package and on 26 February 1999 she received a Notice of Retrenchment permanently terminating her effective 16 February 1999, after which she filed a Complaint for illegal dismissal seeking separation pay, backwages, unpaid wages, leave pay, proportionate thirteenth month pay and attorneys' fees; the Labor Arbiter rendered a decision in favor of the petitioner (dispositive portion dated 14 July 1999) ordering payment of separation pay and other monetary relief, the National Labor Relations Commission affirmed the Labor Arbiter with modification in a decision dated 18 September 2001, and the Court of Appeals reversed both lower tribunals in a Decision dated 12 July 2005 and denied petitioner’s motion for reconsideration in a Resolution dated 22 March 2006, whereupon petitioner filed the present petition for review on certiorari under Rule 45 which the Supreme Court decided on 7 March 2008.Issues:
Whether the retrenchment program implemented by Philippine Telegraph and Telephone Corporation was valid.Ruling:
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Ratio:
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Doctrine:
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