G.R. No. 240143 - STEPHANIE A. MAITIM, MARGIE M. AMBAN, AND FLORA Q. MAHINAY, VS. TEKNIKA SKILLS AND TRADE SERVICES, INC./CESAR E. PABELLANO AND ARABIAN GULF COMPANY FOR MAINTENANCE AND CONTRACTING,****.D E C I S I O N - Supreme Court E-Library

Ruling

WHEREFORE , complainants' appeal is hereby PARTIALLY GRANTED , while respondents' appeal is hereby DISMISSED . Accordingly, the Decision of the Office of Labor Arbiter Michelle P. Pagtalunan dated 30 January 2017 is hereby MODIFIED as follows: 1) Respondents Teknika Skills and Trade Services, Inc./Arabian Gulf Company and Cesar E. Pabellano are hereby held solidarily liable to pay the following monetary awards or their Peso equivalent at the time of payment: STEPHANIE A. MAITIM Salary Differentials [USD] 5,318.68 Vacation Leave Pay [USD] 944.19 Overtime Pay [USD] 10,517.84 Food Allowance [USD] 7,294.56 TOTAL [USD] 24,075.27 FLORA Q. MAHINAY Salary Differentials [USD] 5,318.68 Vacation Leave Pay [USD] 944.19 Overtime Pay [USD] 10,517.84 Food Allowance [USD] 7,294.56 TOTAL [USD] 24,075.27 MARGIE M. AMBAN Salary Differentials [USD] 4,754.42 Vacation Leave Pay [USD] 944.19 Overtime Pay [USD] 10,517.84 Food Allowance [USD] 7,294.56 TOTAL [USD] 23,511.01 2) Respondents Teknika Skills and Trade Services, Inc./Arabian Gulf Company and Cesar E. Pabellano are hereby also held solidarily liable to pay each complainant moral and exemplary damages in the amount of Twenty Thousand Pesos ([PHP] 20,000.00), as well as attorney's fees equivalent to ten percent (10%) of the total monetary award; and 3) The imposition of twelve percent (12%) interest on the salary differential and vacation leave pay is hereby deleted . The rest of the assailed Decision not affected by the modifications is hereby AFFIRMED . SO ORDERED.