G.R. NO. 154006 - STAR PAPER CORPORATION, VS. CARLITO ESPIRITU, TOMAS PAGUIRIGAN,TEODORO SUBAGAN, LUISITO MAGNAMPO. D E C I S I O N - Supreme Court E-Library

Ruling

WHEREFORE, premises considered, the Decision dated January 25, 2000 of the Labor Arbiter, and the Resolution dated May 29, 2001 of the Public Respondent National Labor Relations Commission (NLRC) are REVERSED and SET ASIDE. Private Respondent STAR PAPERS CORPORATION is found to have constructively dismissed petitioners and is hereby ordered to pay petitioners separation pay equivalent to one (1) month salary for every year of service; and in accordance with Republic Act 6715, petitioners are entitled to their full backwages, inclusive of allowances and other benefits or their monetary equivalent computed from the time their actual compensation was withheld from them up to the time of the finality of this decision. Costs against private respondents. SO ORDERED.