Mario Victor “Marvic” Leonen is an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines.

He is the second
youngest to hold the said position since Manuel V. Moran in 1938. Prior to his stint in the country’s highest court,
he had served as chief peace negotiator of the Republic of the Philippines in the talks with the Moro Islamic
Liberation Front. Leonen was dean of the University of the Philippines College of Law at Diliman from 2008 to
2011. He is well known in the fields of environmental activism and community organizing.

LABOR CASES PENNED DOWN BY J. LEONEN

1. [ G.R. No. 232870, June 03, 2019 ] THIRD DIVISION [ G.R. No. 232870, June 03,
...232870, June 03, 2019 ] MANUEL G. ACOSTA, PETITIONER, VS. MATIERE SAS AND PHILIPPE
GOUVARY, RESPONDENTS.DECISION LEONEN, J.: In redundancy, an employer must show that it
applied fair and reasonable criteria in determining ...
2. [ G.R. No. 204262, June 07, 2017 ] SECOND DIVISION [ G.R. No. 204262, June 07
...204262, June 07, 2017 ] MARIO C. MADRIDEJOS, PETITIONER, VS. NYK-FIL SHIP
MANAGEMENT, INC., RESPONDENT.DECISION LEONEN, J.: Illnesses not listed as an occupational
disease under Section 32 of the 2000 Philippine Overseas ...
3. [ G.R. No. 209468, December 13, 2017 ] THIRD DIVISION [ G.R. No. 209468, Dece
...13, 2017 ] UNITED DOCTORS MEDICAL CENTER, PETITIONER, VS. CESARIO BERNADAS,
REPRESENTED BY LEONILA BERNADAS, RESPONDENT. DECISION LEONEN, J.: An employee
who has already qualified for optional retirement but dies before the option to ...
4. [ G.R. No. 206529, April 23, 2018 ] THIRD DIVISION [ G.R. No. 206529, April 2
...2018 ] RENANTE B. REMOTICADO, PETITIONER, VS. TYPICAL CONSTRUCTION TRADING
CORP. AND ROMMEL M. ALIGNAY, RESPONDENTS. DECISION LEONEN, J.: There can be no case
for illegal termination of employment when there was no termination ...
5. [ G.R. No. 210080, November 22, 2017 ] THIRD DIVISION [ G.R. No. 210080, Nove
...2017 ] MACARIO S. PADILLA, PETITIONER, VS. AIRBORNE SECURITY SERVICE, INC.
AND/OR CATALINA SOLIS, RESPONDENT.DECISION LEONEN, J.: Placing security guards on
floating status is a valid exercise of management prerogative. However, any ...
6. [ G.R. No. 204288, November 08, 2017 ] THIRD DIVISION [ G.R. No. 204288, Nove
...2017 ] DEMEX RATTANCRAFT, INC. AND NARCISO T. DELA MERCED, PETITIONERS, VS.
ROSALIO A. LERON, RESPONDENT.DECISION LEONEN, J.: To justify the dismissal of an employee
based on abandonment of work, there must be ...
7. [ G.R. No. 169303, February 11, 2015 ] 753 Phil. 482 SECOND DIVISION [ G.R.
...169303, February 11, 2015 ] PROTECTIVE MAXIMUM SECURITY AGENCY, INC., PETITIONER,
VS. CELSO E. FUENTES, RESPONDENT.DECISION LEONEN, J.: In this Petition for Review on
Certiorari, [1] Protective Maximum Security Agency, Inc. seeks to ...
8. [ G.R. No. 195395, September 10, 2013 ] G.R. No. 195395 EN BANC [ G.R. No. 1
...No. 195395, September 10, 2013 ] ENGINEER MANOLITO P. MENDOZA, PETITIONER, VS.
COMMISSION ON AUDIT, RESPONDENT.DECISION LEONEN, J.: The salary of a water district's
general manager is covered by the Salary Standardization ...

9. [ G.R. No. 203943, August 30, 2017 ] THIRD DIVISION [ G.R. No. 203943, August
...MARITIME CORPORATION/EDUARDO MANESE AND PRINCESS CRUISE LINES, LTD.,
PETITIONERS, VS. CYNTHIA DE JESUS, RESPONDENT.DECISION LEONEN, J.: A conditional
settlement of a judgment award may be treated as a compromise agreement and ...
10. [ G.R. No. 215568, August 03, 2015 ] 765 Phil. 544 SECOND DIVISION [ G.R. No
...2015 ] RICHARD N. RIVERA, PETITIONER, VS. GENESIS TRANSPORT SERVICE, INC. AND
RIZA A. MOISES, RESPONDENTS.DECISION LEONEN, J.: This resolves a Petition for Review on
Certiorari under Rule 45 of the 1997 Rules ...

11. [ G.R. No. 229192, July 23, 2018 ] THIRD DIVISION [ G.R. No. 229192, July 23,
...INC. AND/OR MOL SHIP MANAGEMENT (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD., PETITIONERS, VS.
MICHAEL PADERES ATRAJE RESPONDENT.DECISION LEONEN, J.: The third doctor rule does not
apply when there is no final and definitive assessment ...
12. [ G.R. No. 208396, March 14, 2018 ] THIRD DIVISION [ G.R. No. 208396, March 1
...PETITIONER, VS. SOUTHFIELD AGENCIES, INC., WILHEMSEN SHIP MANAGEMENT
HOLDING LTD., AND CAPT. SONNY VALENCIA, RESPONDENTS. DECISION LEONEN, J.: This
Court is duty-bound to respect the consistent prior findings of the Labor Arbiter, ...

13. [ G.R. No. 206178, August 09, 2017 ] SECOND DIVISION [ G.R. No. 206178, August
 ...VS. ELBURG SHIPMANAGEMENT PHILIPPINES, INC., AUGUSTEA ATLANTICA SRL/ITALY,
AND CAPTAIN ANTONIO S. NOMBRADO, RESPONDENTS. DECISION LEONEN, J.: The physician
who has personal knowledge of a seafarer's actual medical condition after closely ...
14. [ G.R. No. 198066, June 07, 2017 ] SECOND DIVISION [ G.R. No. 198066, June 07
...URIOS COLLEGE (NOW FATHER SATURNINO URIOS UNIVERSITY) AND/OR FR. JOHN
CHRISTIAN U. YOUNG, RESPONDENTS.DECISION LEONEN, J.: The employer must adduce proof of
actual involvement in the alleged misconduct for loss of ...

15. [ G.R. No. 217123, February 06, 2019 ] THIRD DIVISION [ G.R. No. 217123, Febr
...SERVICES, INC., * MID-SOUTH SHIP AND CREW MANAGEMENT, INC., AND/OR CAPTAIN
SIMEON FLORES, RESPONDENTS.DECISION LEONEN, J.: There is very little that seafarers can do to
better their working conditions upon boarding ...
16. [ G.R. No. 214744, March 14, 2018 ] THIRD DIVISION [ G.R. No. 214744, March 1
...MORA, OSA, ALBERT D. MANALILI, AND ALICIA MANABAT, PETITIONERS, VS. VIRGINIA
PASCUA, M.D., RESPONDENT.DECISION LEONEN, J.: When termination of employment is
occasioned by retrenchment to prevent losses, an employer must declare ...
17. [ G.R. No. 222980, March 20, 2017 ] 807 Phil. 747 SECOND DIVISION [ G.R. No.
...N RIDE INC./VICEST (PHILS) INC./GRAND LEISURE CORP./SPS. VICENTE & ESTELITA B.
JAVIER, RESPONDENTS.DECISION LEONEN, J.: Natural expressions of an employer do not
automatically make for a hostile work atmosphere. The ...

18. [ G.R. No. 208224, November 22, 2017 ] THIRD DIVISION [ G.R. No. 208224, Nove
...AGUILAR, MA. THERESA M. BEFETEL, AND MYRNA NISAY, PETITIONERS, VS. DR. GLORY
V. BALTAZAR, RESPONDENT.DECISION LEONEN, J.: This is a Petition for Review on Certiorari [1]
under Rule 45 of the 1997 ...

19. [ G.R. No. 198587, January 14, 2015 ] 750 Phil. 791 SECOND DIVISION [ G.R. N
...REBESENCIO, MONTASSAH B. SACAR-ADIONG, ROUEN RUTH A. CRISTOBAL AND
LORAINE S. SCHNEIDER-CRUZ, RESPONDENTS.DECISION LEONEN, J.: All Filipinos are entitled
to the protection of the rights guaranteed in the Constitution. This ...
20. [ G.R. No. 190389, April 19, 2017 ] SECOND DIVISION [ G.R. No. 190389, April
...190390] MANGGAGAWA NG KOMUNIKASYON SA PILIPINAS, PETITIONER, VS. PHILIPPINE
LONG DISTANCE TELEPHONE COMPANY INCORPORATED, RESPONDENT. DECISION
LEONEN, J.: An employer's declaration of redundancy becomes a valid and authorized cause for dismissal
when ...

21. [ G.R. No. 174747, March 09, 2016 ] 783 Phil. 62 SECOND DIVISION [ G.R. No.
...CHAPTER/GEORGE EMATA, DOMINGO REBANCOS, NELSON BERINA, ROBERTO TIRAO,
AMADO VILLOTE, AND BIENVENIDO FELINA, RESPONDENTS. DECISION LEONEN, J.: Under
Proclamation No. 50, Series of 1986, [1] no employer-employee relationship is created by ...
22. [ G.R. No. 200811, June 19, 2019 ] THIRD DIVISION [ G.R. No. 200811, June 19,
...MANAGEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, INC., SAGE INTERNATIONAL
DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, LTD., AND ALBERTO C. ALVINA, RESPONDENTS. DECISION
LEONEN, J.: The clause "or for three (3) months for every year of the unexpired term, whichever ...
23. [ G.R. No. 173921, February 24, 2016 ] 781 Phil. 474 SECOND DIVISION [ G.R.
...NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS COMMISSION, PHILIPPINE AIRLINES, INC., AVELINO L.
ZAPANTA, AND CESAR B. LAMBERTE, RESPONDENTS. DECISION LEONEN, J.: The employer
has the burden of proving that the dismissal of its employees is with ...

24. [ G.R. No. 220383, October 05, 2016 ] 796 Phil. 817 SECOND DIVISION [ G.R. N
...JERRY MONTELIBANO, PETITIONERS, VS. UNIVERSAL ROBINA CORPORATION, SUGAR
DIVISION-SOUTHERN NEGROS DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION (SONEDCO),
RESPONDENT.DECISION LEONEN, J.: An employer who refuses to bargain with the union and tries to
restrict its bargaining ...