Supreme Court quashes dismissal due to illness, ruling it must be compared to other employees' absences under Labor Code.

The Supreme Court quashed the lower court's dismissal of the employer's termination of three employees due to frequent illness. The employer argued the terminations were necessary because the plant faced financial difficulties and could not afford the long-term absences of these three workers. However, the court found the lower court failed to compare the frequency and duration of these specific absences against the significantly higher sick leave taken by other employees in the same facility. Consequently, the court determined the lower court's assessment violated the Labor Code by ignoring relevant facts regarding the scale of the workforce's illness.