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2008-10-17 |
REYES, R.T., J. |
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| We are not unmindful that findings of facts of administrative agencies, like the Labor Arbiter and the NLRC, are accorded respect, even finality.[83] The reason is simple: administrative agencies are experts in matters within their specific and specialized jurisdiction.[84] But the principle is not a hard and fast rule. It only applies if the findings of facts are duly supported by substantial evidence. If it can be shown that administrative bodies grossly misappreciated evidence of such nature so as to compel a conclusion to the contrary, their findings of facts must necessarily be reversed. Factual findings of administrative agencies do not have infallibility and must be set aside when they fail the test of arbitrariness.[85] | |||||