The Supreme Court has declared unconstitutional a collective bargaining settlement provision setting a decrease obligatory retirement age for feminine cabin attendants in comparison with male cabin attendants.
In an announcement launched Thursday, the Supreme Court mentioned it unanimously declared unconstitutional Section 144(A) of the 2000-2005 CBA between the Philippine Airlines and the Flight Attendants and Stewards Association of the Philippines.
Section 144(A) units the obligatory retirement age for feminine cabin attendants at 55 years previous and male cabin attendants at 60 years previous.
The case stemmed from a 2019 petition filed by feminine cabin attendants of the airline.
GMA News Online reached out to PAL for remark however has but to obtain a reply as of posting time.
According to the Court, it discovered inadequate proof to assist the conclusion that feminine attendants aged between 55 to 59 didn’t have “the necessary strength to open emergency doors, the agility to attend passengers in cramped working conditions, and the stamina to withstand grueling flight schedules.”
The Court mentioned the petitioners have been denied employment alternatives at an age “not young enough to seek for a new job but not old enough to be considered retired.”
It added the petitioners have been disadvantaged of advantages resembling earnings and medical advantages with none factual foundation.
SC mentioned Associate Justices Jhosep Lopez and Japar Dimaampao took no half whereas Associate Justice Ramon Paul Hernando was on wellness go away.—AOL, GMA Integrated News
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