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    The Supreme Court of the Philippines was asked to reconsider its previous decision regarding the payment of wages and benefits to Enrique Ligan et al., former employees of Philippine Airlines (PAL) who were dismissed. The Court modified its decision with respect to two employees, finding one was validly dismissed for misconduct and the other engaged in forum shopping. However, the Court otherwise upheld its previous ruling, clarifying that while it found Ligan et al. to be regular employees, it did not rule on the legality of their dismissal, which was still pending before the Court of Appeals. The Court's decision on employee status would not prevent the appellate court from resolving the retrenchment issue or ordering reinstatement if illegal dismissal was found.

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    The Supreme Court of the Philippines was asked to reconsider its previous decision regarding the payment of wages and benefits to Enrique Ligan et al., former employees of Philippine Airlines (PAL) who were dismissed. The Court modified its decision with respect to two employees, finding one was validly dismissed for misconduct and the other engaged in forum shopping. However, the Court otherwise upheld its previous ruling, clarifying that while it found Ligan et al. to be regular employees, it did not rule on the legality of their dismissal, which was still pending before the Court of Appeals. The Court's decision on employee status would not prevent the appellate court from resolving the retrenchment issue or ordering reinstatement if illegal dismissal was found.

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    The Supreme Court of the Philippines was asked to reconsider its previous decision regarding the payment of wages and benefits to Enrique Ligan et al., former employees of Philippine Airlines (PAL) who were dismissed. The Court modified its decision with respect to two employees, finding one was validly dismissed for misconduct and the other engaged in forum shopping. However, the Court otherwise upheld its previous ruling, clarifying that while it found Ligan et al. to be regular employees, it did not rule on the legality of their dismissal, which was still pending before the Court of Appeals. The Court's decision on employee status would not prevent the appellate court from resolving the retrenchment issue or ordering reinstatement if illegal dismissal was found.

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    The Supreme Court of the Philippines was asked to reconsider its previous decision regarding the payment of wages and benefits to Enrique Ligan et al., former employees of Philippine Airlines (PAL) who were dismissed. The Court modified its decision with respect to two employees, finding one was validly dismissed for misconduct and the other engaged in forum shopping. However, the Court otherwise upheld its previous ruling, clarifying that while it found Ligan et al. to be regular employees, it did not rule on the legality of their dismissal, which was still pending before the Court of Appeals. The Court's decision on employee status would not prevent the appellate court from resolving the retrenchment issue or ordering reinstatement if illegal dismissal was found.

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    PHILIPPINE AIRLINES vs LIGAN Case Digest

    PHILIPPINE AIRLINES, INC. v. ENRIQUE LIGAN, et al.


    G.R. No. 146408, 30 April 2009

    FACTS: Enrique Ligan, et al. and the other respondents were employees of Synergy
    Services Corporation (Synergy) which provides manpower for Philippine Airlines. It was
    later discovered that Synergy is a labor-only contractor. They were dismissed by
    Philippine Airlines on several grounds, one of which is in the guise of retrenchment. The
    legality of the dismissal of the Ligan, et al. has been pending before the Court of
    Appeals.

    Philippine Airlines paid the wages of the Ligan, et al. but contested the employment
    status of Roque Pilapil for he is already terminated and Benedicto Auxtero who signed
    the ―Release and Quitclaim and Waiver‖. Philippine Airlines therefore pleads to the
    court to reconsider its first Decision on the payment of wages and benefits.

    ISSUE: Whether or not the Supreme Court shall overrule its first decision regarding the
    grant of wages and benefits to Ligan, et al.

    HELD: In light of these recent manifestations-informations of the parties, the Court finds
    that a modification of the Decision is in order, the claims with respect to Pilapil and
    Auxtero having been deemed extinguished even before the promulgation of the
    Decision. That Pilapil was a regular employee yields to the final finding of a valid
    dismissal in the supervening case involving his own misconduct, while Auxtero’s
    attempt at forum-shopping should not be countenanced.

    IN ALL OTHER RESPECTS, the Court finds no sufficient reason to deviate from its
    Decision, but proceeds, nonetheless, to clarify a few points. While this Court’s Decision
    ruled on the regular status of Ligan, et al., it must be deemed to be without prejudice to
    the resolution of the issue of illegal dismissal in the proper case.

    Notably, subject of the Decision was Ligan, et al.’s complaints for regularization and
    under-/non-payment of benefits. The Court did not and could not take cognizance of the
    validity of the eventual dismissal of Ligan, et al. because the matter of just or authorized
    cause is beyond the issues of the case. That is why the Court did not order
    reinstatement for such relief presupposes a finding of illegal dismissal in the proper
    case which, as the parties now manifest, pends before the appellate court.

    All told, the pending illegal dismissal case in CA-G.R. SP No. 00922 may now take its
    course. The Court’s finding that Ligan, et al. are regular employees of PAL neither
    frustrates nor preempts the appellate court’s proceedings in resolving the issue of
    retrenchment as an authorized cause for termination. If an authorized cause for
    dismissal is later found to exist, PAL would still have to pay Ligan, et al. their
    corresponding benefits and salary differential up to June 30, 1998. Otherwise, if there is
    a finding of illegal dismissal, an order for reinstatement with full backwages does not
    conflict with the Court’s declaration of the regular employee status of Ligan, et al.

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