G.R. No. 192924 - PHILIPPINE AIRLINES, INC., VS. REYNALDO V. PAZ.DECISION - Supreme Court E-Library

Ruling

WHEREFORE, judgment is hereby rendered: 1. Declaring that this Arbitration Branch has jurisdiction over the causes of action raised by the [respondent] in this case; 2. Declaring that the causes of action raised in the complaint in this case have not been barred by prior judgment of the Secretary of Labor and Employment in his Resolution of June 1, 1999; 3. Declaring that the termination of the services of the [respondent] was not for any just or authorized cause and also without due process and therefore illegal; 4. Ordering Philippine Airlines, Inc. to reinstate immediately upon receipt of this decision [respondent] Reynaldo V. Paz to his former position as commercial pilot without loss of seniority rights and other privileges and to pay him his full backwages inclusive of allowances and other benefits or their monetary equivalent computed from June 12, 1998 up to his actual reinstatement even pending appeal but the respondent has the option to actually reinstate [the respondent] to his former position or to reinstate him merely in payroll. As of September 5, 2000, the full backwages due to the [respondent] total P2,629,420.00; 5. Ordering Philippine Airlines, Inc. to pay the [respondent] the following: Productivity Pay (P22,383.62 x 27 months P604,357.74 Retirement Fund Contribution (P9,800.00 x 27 months).. 264,600.00 PODF (P4,663.25 x 27 months)..... 125,907.75 Sick Leave (P3,000.62 x 42 days).. 126,026.04 Vacation Leave (P3,000.62 x 42 days).. 125,026.04 Rice Subsidy (P600.00 x 27 months). 16,200.00 13 th Month Pay (P93,265.00 x 2 years).. 188,030.00 Longevity Pay (P500.00 x 2 years) 1,000.00 6. Ordering Philippine Airlines, Inc. to pay [the respondent] attorneys fees equivalent to 10% of the whole monetary award ( Art. III, Labor Code ); 7. Ordering Philippine Airlines, Inc. to pay [the respondent] moral damages equivalent to Five Hundred Thousand Pesos (P500,00[0].00) and exemplary damages of Five Hundred Thousand Pesos (P500,000.00) SO ORDERED.