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2008-12-17 |
REYES, R.T., J. |
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| The CA anchored its leniency on Caltex Refinery Employees Association (CREA) v. National Labor Relations Commission (Third Division).[25] In Caltex, an employee named Arnelio M. Clarete was found to have willfully breached the trust and confidence in him by taking a bottle of lighter fluid.[26] However, the Court refrained from imposing the supreme penalty of dismissal since Clarete had no violations in his eight (8) years of service and the value of the lighter fluid was minimal compared to his salary.[27] | |||||
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2003-09-23 |
QUISUMBING, J. |
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| Extreme caution should be exercised in terminating the services of a worker for his job may be the only lifeline on which he and his family depend for survival in these difficult times. That lifeline should not be cut off except for a serious, just and lawful cause, for, to a worker, the loss of his job may well mean the loss of hope for a decent life for him and his loved ones.[25] In the present case, the penalty of dismissal appears in our view unjustified, much too harsh and quite disproportionate to the alleged infractions. As held in Caltex Refinery Employees Association (CREA) v. National Labor Relations Commission(Third Division):[26] | |||||