Republic of the PhilippinesDepartment of Labor and Employment

NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS COMMISSION

National Capital Region
Quezon City ________________________________
Complainants;
-- versus --
NLRC NCR CASE NO.
______________

_________________________________,
Respondents.
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POSITION PAPER
RESPONDENTS
, through undersigned counsel and unto this Honorable
O f f i c e , respectfully state that:
PREFATORYSTATEMENT
Workers who are dismissed for the commission of a crime against their employer
andthe latter’s customers/clients, after being given sufficient opportunity to explain their
side,cannot in any manner be considered illegally dismissed. Nay, their dismissal is in
fact calledfor!Article 282 of the Labor Code expressly provides that an employer may
terminate theservices of any employee for serious misconduct, willful
disobedience, gross and habitualneglect of his duties, commission of a crime
and analogous cases. And when that worker
isg i v e n s u f f i c i e n t o p p o r t u n i t y t o e x p l a i n h i s s i d e o r d e f e n d h i m s e l f i n
a n a d m i n i s t r a t i v e investigation but his explanation failed to controvert the
overwhelming evidence against him,he may be validly terminated by the
employer.“ S o c i a l j u s t i c e c a n n o t b e p e r m i t t e d t o b e t h e r e f u g e o f
scoundrels any more thanequity be an impediment to the punishment
o f t h e g u i l t y . x x x T h i s g r e a t p o l i c y o f o u r Constitution is not meant for the
protection of those who have proved they are not worthy of it, like the workers who
have tainted the cause of labor with the blemishes of their owncharacter.”
(Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. vs. NLRC et al, G.R. No. 80609,
23 August 1988; Telefunken Semi-conductors Employees Union-FFW vs. Court of
Appeals, G. R.Nos. 143013-14, 18 Dec 2000)
THE PARTIES
1.Complainant _____________________ is of legal age,
F i l i p i n o , s i n g l e a n d w i t h residence address at 998 C. San Antonio St., Tondo,
Manila.2 . C o m p l a i n a n t J e r r y _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ( _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ f o r
b r e v i t y ) i s o f l e g a l a g e , Filpino, single and with residence address at
__________________________________3 . C o m p l a i n a n t R a n u l f o _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ( _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ f o r b r e v i t y ) i s o f l e g a l age,
Filipino, single and with residence address at _____________________________ All
threec o m p l a i n a n t s m a y b e s e r v e d w i t h t h e o r d e r s , s u m m o n s a n d o t h e r
l e g a l p r o c e s s e s o f t h i s Honorable Office at their respective above-given residence
addresses or thru their counsel onrecord, should they engage
any.4 . R e s p o n d e n t _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ( _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ BUSINESS for brevity) is a domestic
corporation duly organized and existing in accordancew i t h l a w w h i c h i s
engaged in Business Process Outsourcing with business address at
N o . _______________________________. Respondent is the President of _________
____Business. Respondents may be served with the orders, summons and other legal
processes of this Honorable Office thru their counsel, Westwood Law with
office address at Suite 1004,Atlanta Center, Annapolis St., Greenhills, San Juan City.

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