Philippine Supreme Court Rules Prolonged Absence Not Sole Basis for Dismissal
The Philippine Supreme Court has ruled that an employee's prolonged absence from work alone cannot be the sole justification for dismissal. The court emphasized that other factors and due process must be considered before terminating employment.
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Absence from work alone cannot justify dismissal – SC
'Absence from work, in itself, cannot generate a finding of abandonment, absent any overt act from the employee clearly manifesting his or her desire to end the employment,' says the High Court in a decision penned by Associate Justice Maria Filomena Singh
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An employee’s consecutive absences alone are not grounds for outright dismissal, according to the Supreme Court. A decision by the high court’s Third Division, dated Nov. 19 last year but released only recently, found agricultural company Green Era Biotech and its manpower service provider Great Value liable for the illegal dismissal of an employee who
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