Gualberto v. MMIC C.A.-G.R. No.

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The judgment of the Court of Appeals in Gualberto, et al. vs. Marinduque Mining & Industrial Corporation
considered as void a policy of the same nature. In said case, respondent, in dismissing from the service the
complainant, invoked a policy of the firm to consider female employees in the project it was undertaking as
separated the moment they get married due to lack of facilities for married women. Respondent further claimed
that complainant was employed in the project with an oral understanding that her services would be terminated
when she gets married. Branding the policy of the employer as an example of "discriminatory chauvinism"
tantamount to denying equal employment opportunities to women simply on account of their sex, the appellate
court struck down said employer policy as unlawful in view of its repugnance to the Civil Code, Presidential
Decree No. 148 and the Constitution.