G.R. No. 172342 9 of 11 http://sc.judiciary.gov.ph/jurisprudence/2009/july2009/172342.htm albeit the payroll termed such payment as severance pay. WHEREFORE, the petition is GRANTED. The assailed Decision dated December 6, 2005 and Resolution dated April 12, 2006, of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. SP No. 76843, as well as the Decision dated June 18, 2001 of the Labor Arbiter in NLRC Case No. RAB-CAR-12-0649-00 and the Decision dated November 29, 2002 and Resolution dated January 31, 2003 of the NLRC in NLRC CA No. 028994-01 (NLRC RAB-CAR-12-0649-00) are REVERSED and SET ASIDE. The Complaint of respondent is hereby DISMISSED. No pronouncement as to costs. SO ORDERED. LEONARDO A. QUISUMBING Associate Justice WE CONCUR: CONCHITA CARPIO MORALES Associate Justice MINITA V. CHICO-NAZARIO Associate Justice TERESITA J. LEONARDO-DE CASTRO Associate Justice ARTURO D. BRION Associate Justice ATTESTATION I attest that the conclusions in the above Decision had been reached in consultation 1/28/2016 11:55 AM