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2015-12-07 |
VELASCO JR., J. |
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| The controlling jurisprudence on the matter is the ruling in the more recent Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company v. Honrado,[27] where the Court ruled:It is hornbook in employee dismissal cases that "[t]he essence of due process is an opportunity to be heard, or as applied to administrative proceedings, an opportunity to explain one's side x x x. A formal or trial type hearing is not at all times and in all instances essential to due process, the requirements of which are satisfied where the parties are afforded fair and reasonable opportunity to explain their side of the controversy." Neither is it necessary that the witnesses be cross-examined by counsel for the adverse party. (emphasis supplied) | |||||
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2015-02-11 |
LEONEN, J. |
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| Abandonment constitutes a just cause for dismissal because "[t]he law in protecting the rights of the laborer, authorizes neither oppression nor self-destruction of the employer."[87] The employer cannot be compelled to maintain an employee who is remiss in fulfilling his duties to the employer, particularly the fundamental task of reporting to work. | |||||