G.R. No. 193136 - ABS-CBN BROADCASTING CORPORATION, VS. HONORATO C. HILARIO, SUBSTITUTED BY GLORIA Z. HILARIO, AND DINDO B. BANTING.DECISION - Supreme Court E-Library

Ruling

Accordingly, the employees of CCI received separation pay equivalent to 1 ½ month pay for every year of service, commutation of unused leaves and pro-rated 13 th and 14 th month pay. Respondents even executed quitclaims and waivers in favor of petitioner. Ruling of the Labor Arbiter After weighing the positions taken by the opposing parties, including the evidence adduced in support of their respective cases, the Labor Arbiter (LA) issued a Decision [12] dated March 1, 2006 finding respondents to have been illegally dismissed, and ordering CCI and petitioner to reinstate them to their former or equivalent positions and to jointly and severally pay their full backwages and other allowances. The dispositive portion of the decision reads: WHEREFORE, premises considered, it is hereby declared that the complainants' termination was illegal and the respondents are jointly and severally ordered to reinstate them to their former or equivalent position with full backwages from October 2003 up to the date of reinstatement, as follows: HONORATO C. HILARIO P259,303.24 (Nov. 2003 to Dec. 2005 = 26 mos. x P9,973.24 = P259,303.24) DINDO B. BANTING P229,338.98 (Nov. 2003 to Dec. 2005 = 26 mos. x P8,820.73 = P229,338.98) The respondents are likewise ordered to pay jointly and severally to complainant Hilario his meal allowance from the time it was withheld or deprived in October 2000 up to present. Whatever money claims herein awarded should be deducted by whatever the complainants previously received incident to their illegal dismissal. All other claims are dismissed for lack of merit. SO ORDERED.