G.R. No. 183122 - GENERAL MILLING CORPORATION-INDEPENDENT LABOR UNION (GMC-ILU), VS. GENERAL MILLING CORPORATION.[G.R. NO. 183889] GENERAL MILLING CORPORATION, VS. GENERAL MILLING CORPORATION-INDEPENDENT LABOR UNION (GMC-ILU), ET. AL.D E C I S I O N - Supreme Court E-Library

Ruling

WHEREFORE, all the foregoing premises considered, the instant Petition is hereby PARTIALLY GRANTED. The July 20, 2006 Decision of respondent NLRC in NLRC Case No. V-000632-2005 is hereby AFFIRMED insofar as it affirmed the October 27, 2005 Order of Executive Labor Arbiter Ortiz in RAB Case No. VII-06-0475-1992 with the modification of: a) excluding the vacation leave salary rate differentials, sick leave salary rate differentials, b) excluding employees who have executed quitclaims which are hereby declared valid, and c) deducting salary increases and other employment benefits voluntarily given by respondent GMC in the computation of benefits. Accordingly, the instant case is hereby REFERRED to the GRIEVANCE MACHINERY under the imposed CBA for the recomputation of benefits claimed by petitioner GMC-ILU under the said imposed CBA taking into consideration the guidelines laid down by the Court in this Decision as well as the validity of the subject quitclaims hereinbefore discussed. SO ORDERED.