Tag - loss of trust and confidence

Criminal Aspects of Incidents Leading to Loss of Trust and Confidence

Loss of trust and confidence is one of the grounds for dismissal of employees under the Labor Code. This may arise from incidents of fraud, theft, etc. which are criminal in nature. The question is what would be the effect of the criminal aspects on the labor dispute stemming from loss of trust and confidence? The violation of company policy may involve a criminal act for which the employee may be charged by the employer in a criminal court. Non-conviction in [...]

Effect of Long Employment Tenure Against the Charge of Loss of Trust and Confidence

There is a thought that an employee who has rendered several years of service is accorded leniency in disciplinary situations. However, this is not always the case since under certain circumstances, long years of service may aggravate the offense involving loss of trust. In a case where the two employees had spent twenty-two (22) and nineteen (19) years of service with the company respectively and although they committed their only first offense, the Supreme Court upheld their dismissal nonetheless. The [...]

Doctrine of Command Responsibility for Managerial Employees and Breach of Trust by Rank and File Employees

In the case of a Chief Purser of a passenger ship, the established facts show that although he did not participate in the commission of anomalies, he was still liable due to his failure to detect those irregularities. (See Vicente C. Etcuban, Jr. vs. Sulpicio Lines, Inc., G.R. No. 148410, January 17, 2005.) Interestingly, jurisprudence has made a connection between neglect of duty and loss of trust and confidence involving a managerial employee or a rank-and-file holding a fiduciary position. In [...]

Loss of Trust and Confidence Based on Employee Position

Loss of trust and confidence is premised on the fact that the employee holds a position whose functions may only be performed by someone who has the confidence of management. Such employee may be managerial or rank-and-file, but the nature of his position determines the requirements for a valid dismissal. With respect to a managerial employee, the mere existence of a basis for believing that such employee has breached the trust of his employer would suffice for his dismissal. Proof beyond [...]

Loss of Trust and Confidence as Ground for Termination Must have Reasonable Grounds

For loss of trust and confidence to constitute a sufficient ground for termination, the employer must have a reasonable ground to believe, if not to entertain the moral conviction, that the employee was responsible for the misconduct, and that the nature of his participation therein rendered him absolutely unworthy of the trust and confidence demanded by his position. As can be deduced from Article 297 of the Labor Code, as amended, the breach of trust and confidence must be willful. [...]

Fraud and Loss of Trust and Confidence

A managerial employee is conferred with full trust and confidence by his employer. While as a manager he could exercise some discretion, such does not cover acts of betrayal of trust and confidence of his employer. He cannot reimburse his family’s personal travel expenses out of company funds. His act amounted to fraud or deceit which led to the loss of trust and confidence of his employer. An employee, the Officer-in-Charge of the company in its boutique misappropriated the amount [...]

Breach of Trust is a Factual Issue

Breach trust must be proven as a fact. There must be some evidence to substantiate the claim and form a legal basis for loss of confidence. The employer cannot exercise arbitrarily and without just cause the right to dismiss an employee for loss of trust and confidence. While it is true that loss of trust and confidence is a just cause for termination, it must not be simulated or concocted but must be supported by substantial evidence. The evidence must be substantial [...]

Is it Really Easy to Terminate Managerial Employees?

It has been a common impression that managerial employees are easy to terminate. The cause of this view is the concept of loss of trust and confidence or willful breach of trust under Article 297 of the Labor Code, as amended. While an employer has its own interest to protect, and pursuant thereto, it may terminate a managerial employee for a just cause, such prerogative to dismiss or lay off an employee must be exercised without abuse of discretion. Its [...]

Loss of Trust and Confidence Arises where the Employee Misrepresented that the Irreconcilable Cash Count and Transaction Receipts Tallied

Loss of trust and confidence to be a valid cause for dismissal must be based on a willful breach of trust and founded on clearly established facts. The basis for the dismissal must be clearly and convincingly established but proof beyond reasonable doubt is not necessary. (Bristol Myers Squibb (Phils.) Inc., v. Baban, G.R. No. 167449, 594 Phil. 620, 628 (2008).) Further, loss of confidence as a just cause for termination of employment is premised from the fact that an [...]

Loss of Trust and Confidence Cannot be Invoked on Mere Uncorroborated Assertion and Accusation; Sample Notice to Explain

Loss of trust and confidence, to constitute a sufficient ground for termination, the employer must have a reasonable ground to believe, if not to entertain the moral conviction, that the employee was responsible for the misconduct, and that the nature of his participation therein rendered him absolutely unworthy of the trust and confidence demanded by his position. (See page 182, Guide to Valid Dismissal of Employees, 2nd Edition, Samar-Med Distribution vs. NLRC, G.R. No. 162385, July 15, [...]

error: Content is protected !!