G.R. No. 202392 - PACIFIC ROYAL BASIC FOODS, INC., VS. VIOLETA NOCHE, JULIANA L. ABRIGUNDA, CRISANTA A. TALAVERA, MA. ASUNCION A. ARGUELLES, CIRIACA A. VELASCO, SEVERA B. QUITAIN, ROSALINDA BALAHADIA, ANICIA DAGLE, NORMA K. PLATA, ZENAIDA B. BULAHAN AND SUSANA D. AMPARO.D E C I S I O N - Supreme Cou

Ruling

WHEREFORE, premises considered, Complainants Violeta Noche, Juliana L. Abrigunda, Crisanta A. Talavera. Ma. Asuncion A. Arguelles, Ciriaca A. Velasco, Severa Quitain, Rosalinda Balahadia, Anicia Dagle, Norma K. Plata, Zenaida B. Bulahan and Susana D. Amparo are declared illegally dismissed. Hence, Respondent Pacific Royal Basic Foods, Inc. is DIRECTED to reinstate them to their former positions without loss of seniority rights and privileges and to pay them full backwages and other benefits from the date of their dismissal up to the date of their actual reinstatement. Respondent Company is likewise ORDERED to pay Complainants their wages corresponding to the fifteen (15)-day period of their illegal preventive suspensions and attorney's fees equivalent to ten percent (10%) of their awarded monetary claims. Such awarded claims are computed as follow[s]: Violeta Noche Backwages: From 3/27/07 to 4/28/08 P251 x 26 x 12 x 1.08 = P84,576.96 15 days wages (illegal suspension) P251 x 15 = P3,765.00 P88,341.96 Juliana Abrigunda Backwages: From 3/21/07 to 4/28/08 P251 x 26 x 12 x 1.02 = P79,878.24 15 days wages: P251 x 15 = P3,765.00 P83,643.24 Crisanta Talavera [Backwages]: From 3/20/07 to 4/28/08 P251 x 26 x 12 x 1.10 = P86,143.20 15 days wages: P251 x 15 = P3,765.00 P89,908.20 Ma. Asuncion Arguelles: Backwages: From 3/20/07 to 4/28/08 P251 x 26 x 12 x 1.10 = P86,143.20 15 days wages: P251 x 15 = P3,765.00 P89,908.20 Ciriaca Velasco Backwages: From 3/23 to 4/28/08 P251 x 26 x 12 x 1.09 = P85,360.08 15 days wages: P251 x 15 = P3,765.00 P89,125.08 Severa Quitain Backwages: From 3/23/07 to 4/28/08 P251 x 26 x 12 x 1.09 = 15 days wages: P85,360.08 P251 x 15 = P3,765.00 P85,360.08 Rosalinda Balahadia From 3/27/07 to 4/28/08 P251 x 26 x 12 x 1.08 = P84,576.96 15 days wages: P251 x 15 = P3,765.00 P88,341.96 Alicia Dagle Backwages From 3/27/07 to 4/28/08 P251 x 26 x 12 x 1.08 = P84,576.96 15 days wages: P251 x 15 = P3,765.00 P88,341.96 Norma Plata Backwages From 3/27/07 to 4/28/08 P251 x 26 x 12 x 1.08 = P84,576.96 15 days wages: P251 x 15 = P3,765.00 P88,341.96 Zenaida Bulahan Backwages From 3/27/07 to 4/28/08 P251 x 26 x 12 x 1.08 = P84,576.96 15 days wages: P251 x 15 = P3,765.00 P88,341.96 Susana Amparo Backwages From 3/23/07 to 4/28/08 P251 x 26 x 12 x 1.01 = P79,095.12 15 days wages: P251 x 15 = P3,765.00 P82,860.12 Subtotal P966,279.72 Attorney's Fees P966,279.72 x 10% = P96,627.97 Total P1,062,907.69 Complainant[s'] claims for moral and exemplary damages are DISMISSED for lack of merit. SO ORDERED.