The burden of proving that an employee has been lawfully dismissed therefore lies with the

employer. In the case at bar, the assertions of petitioners were self-serving and insufficient to
substantiate their claim of proximate project completion. The services of the employees were
terminated not because of contract expiration but as sanction for their refusal to sign the project
employment forms and quitclaims.

http://sc.judiciary.gov.ph/jurisprudence/1997/sep1997/116781.htm

https://www.lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2014/aug2014/gr_207253_2014.html

https://www.lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2014/aug2014/gr_207253_2014.html

https://www.lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2015/jan2015/gr_174184_2015.html