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FIRST PHILIPPINE INDUSTRIAL CORPORATION v. RAQUEL M. CALIMBAS

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2015-10-07
PERALTA, J.
While an employee's right to security of tenure does not give him such a vested right to his position, it bears stressing that employment is not merely a contractual relationship. In the life of most workers, it assumes the nature of a property right which may spell the difference of whether or not a family will have food on their table, roof over their heads and education for their children.[35] In termination cases, therefore, the burden of proof rests upon the employer to show that the dismissal is for a just and valid cause, and failure to do so would necessarily mean that the dismissal was illegal.[36] For an employee's dismissal to be valid, it must comply with both procedural and substantive due process, viz. :[37]