G.R. NO. 148261 - NENUCA A. VELEZ, VS. SHANGRI-LA'S EDSA PLAZA HOTEL, TERRY KO, COEN MASSELINK AND VANESSA SUATENGCO.D E C I S I O N - Supreme Court E-Library

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accordingly rendered judgment as follows: WHEREFORE, in the light of the foregoing discussion, the appeal is hereby granted. Consequently, the decision appealed from is ordered Reversed and Set Aside and a new one entered finding complainant's [petitioner's] dismissal illegal. Accordingly, respondents are ordered to pay complainant backwages from the time of her dismissal up to the promulgation of this judgment. Complainant is likewise entitled to separation pay in lieu of reinstatement at the rate of one month salary for every year of service, a fraction of month is considered one whole year. Lastly, moral and exemplary damages are ordered awarded to complainant in the amount of P200,000.00 and P100,000.00 respectively. Ten percent of the total monetary award is for attorney's fess recoverable by complainant. (Word in bracket supplied.) SO ORDERED.