5/3/2021 E-Library - Information At Your Fingertips: Printer Friendly Commissioner Raul T. Aquino and Commissioner Victoriano R. Calaycay, Second Division. [5] Records, pp. 310-324. [6] Id., p. 440, SC Resolution dated 25 January 1999. [7] Rollo, p. 18, citing Labor Arbiter's Decision referring to par. 16 of the affidavit of Dr. Benjamin Lazo, witness for respondent Martha Z. Singson. [8] SEC. 8. Disease as a ground for dismissal. - Where the employee suffers from a disease and his continued employment is prohibited by law or prejudicial to his health or to the health of his-co-employees, the employer shall not terminate his employment unless there is a certification by competent public health authority that the disease is of such nature or at a such stage it cannot be cured within a period of six (6) months even with proper medical treatment. If the disease or ailment can be cured within the period, the employer shall not terminate the employee but shall ask the employee to take a leave. The employer shall reinstate such employee to his former position immediately upon the restoration of his normal health. (Book VI, Labor Code Omnibus Implementing Rules). [9] Rollo, pp. 12-26. [10] Canete v. NLRC, G.R. No. 130425, 30 September 1999; Salonga v. NLRC, G.R. No. 118120, 23 February 1996, 254 SCRA 11, citing Cagampan v. NLRC, G.R. Nos. 8512224, 28 March 1991, 195 SCRA 533; Panlilio v. NLRC, G.R. No. 117459, 17 October 1997. [11] Ibid. [12] Ibid. [13] NFD International Manning Agents v. NLRC, G.R. No. 116629, 16 January 1998, 284 SCRA 239. Source: Supreme Court E-Library This page was dynamically generated by the E-Library Content Management System (E-LibCMS) https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocsfriendly/1/52565 6/6