G.R. No. 174564 - ATTY. EMMANUEL D. AGUSTIN, JOSEPHINE SOLANO, ADELAIDA FERNANDEZ, ALEJANDRO YUAN, JOCELYN LAVARES, MARY JANE OLASO, MELANIE BRIONES, ROWENA PATRON, MA. LUISA CRUZ, SUSAN TAPALES, RUSTY BAUTISTA, AND JANET YUAN, VS. ALEJANDRO CRUZ-HERRERA.DECISION - Supreme Court E-Library

Ruling

WHEREFORE, premises considered, [Podden and Herrera] are hereby directed/ordered to immediately reinstate the complainants to their former positions without loss of seniority rights and other privileges with full backwages from date of dismissal up to actual date of reinstatement which as of this month is more or less in the amount as follows: COMPLAINANT AMOUNT [P]238,680.00=([P]135.00/day x 26 days = [P]3,510/mo. x 68 mos.) 1. JOSEPHINE SOLANO [P]238,680.00 2. ADELAIDA FERNANDEZ [P]238,680.00 3. ALEJANDRO YUAN [P]238,680.00 4. JOCELYN LAVARES [P]238,680.00 5. MARY JANE OLASO [P]238,680.00 6. MELANIE BRIONES [P]238,680.00 7. ROWENA PATRON [P]238,680.00 8. MA. LUISA CRUZ [P]238,680.00 9. SUSAN TAPALES [P]238,680.00 10. RUSTY BAUTISTA [P]238,680.00 11. JANET YUAN [P]238,680.00 TOTAL [P]2,625,480.00 [Podden and Herrera] are further ordered to pay complainants their money claims representing their underpayment of wages, 13 th month pay, premium pay for holidays and rest days and service incentive leave pay to be computed by the Fiscal Examiner of the Research, Information and Computation Unit of the Commission in due time. [Podden and Herrera] are furthermore ordered to pay each complainant the amount of [P]40,000.00 as moral and exemplary damages, as well as ten (10%) of the total awards as attorneys fee. SO ORDERED.