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2012-09-05 |
BRION, J. |
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| Lastly, the respondents maintain that since they were illegally dismissed, the CA was correct in upholding the NLRC's award of their salaries for the unexpired portion of their employment contracts, as enunciated in Serrano. They point out that the Serrano ruling is curative and remedial in nature and, as such, should be given retroactive application as the Court declared in Yap v. Thenamaris Ship's Management.[26] Further, the respondents take exception to the agency's contention that the Serrano ruling cannot, in any event, be applied in the present case in view of the enactment of R.A. 10022 on March 8, 2010, amending Section 10 of R.A. 8042. The amendment restored the subject clause in paragraph 5, Section 10 of R.A. 8042 which was struck down as unconstitutional in Serrano. | |||||
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2012-01-24 |
VELASCO JR., J. |
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| In Yap v. Thenamaris Ship's Management,[170] the Operative Fact Doctrine was discussed in that: As a general rule, an unconstitutional act is not a law; it confers no rights; it imposes no duties; it affords no protection; it creates no office; it is inoperative as if it has not been passed at all. The general rule is supported by Article 7 of the Civil Code, which provides: | |||||