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NLRC (RL)
Topic: Management Prerogative; Change of Work Schedule
Relevant Provisions:
ART. 100 – Prohibition Against Diminution or Elimination of Benefits.
SUMMARY:
The LA and the NLRC dismissed the complaint as this was a valid
exercise of management prerogative. Upon MR, the NLRC reversed its
decision because it deprived the workers of benefits resulting in an unjust
diminution of company privileges. The SC held that the change in work
schedule is a valid exercise of management prerogative. It complies with the
8-hour work period provided for in the Code and even gave the employees 1
full hour of break without interruption by the employer. Further, it applied to
all employees similarly situated. The SC also stated that so long as such
prerogative is exercised in good faith by the employer, the same will be
upheld by the Courts.
FACTS
The Labor Arbiter dismissed the complaint and the NLRC sustained
the LA’s decision.
ISSUE:
RULING
While the Constitution is committed to the policy of social justice and the
protection of the working class, it should not be supposed that every dispute
will be automatically decided in favor of labor. Management also has rights
which, as such, are entitled to respect and enforcement in the interest of
simple fair play. Although this Court has inclined more often than not toward
the worker and has upheld his cause in his conflicts with the employer, such
favoritism has not blinded the Court to the rule that justice is in every case
for the deserving, to be dispensed in the light of the established facts and
the applicable law and doctrine.