G.R. NO. 166136 - MARIO DANILO B. VILLAFLORES, VS. RAM SYSTEM SERVICES, INC. AND ROGELIO U. YAP.D E C I S I O N - Supreme Court E-Library

Ruling

WHEREFORE, the petition is GRANTED . The decisions of Labor Arbiter Melquiades Sol Del Rosario dated October 14, 1998 and the National Labor Relations Commission (First Division) dated October 29, 1999 are REVERSED and SET ASIDE . The termination of petitioners Mario Danilo Villaflores and Avelita Villaflores is hereby declared ILLEGAL. Accordingly, private respondents RAM System Services, Inc. (RSSI) and Rogelio Yap are hereby ORDERED to reinstate herein petitioners to their former positions without loss of seniority and any other benefits, or to pay them their respective separation pay should reinstatement be no longer feasible. Private respondents are, likewise, ordered to pay petitioner full backwages from June 9, 1997 until the date of their actual reinstatement. SO ORDERED.