theft

The Revised Penal Code generally defines theft as an act committed by any person who, with intent to gain but without violence against or intimidation of persons nor force upon things, shall take personal property of another without the latter’s consent. An employee was held to be validly dismissed for the loss and unauthorized sale […]

Theft is one of the grounds providing just cause for employee dismissal. It falls under Article 297 of the Labor Code, as amended, either under the serious misconduct or willful breach of trust. The Revised Penal Code generally defines theft as an act committed by any person who, with intent to gain but without violence […]