SC: Worker’s prolonged absence can’t be sole basis for dismissal

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An employee’s consecutive absences alone are not grounds for outright dismissal, according to the Supreme Court.

A decision by the high court’s Third Division, dated Nov. 19 last year but released only recently, found agricultural company Green Era Biotech and its manpower service provider Great Value liable for the illegal dismissal of an employee who was absent for at least 18 days in 2018.

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The employee, a utility worker, was first hired by Green Era Biotech in 2015 and transferred to Great Value two years later.FEATURED STORIES