G.R. No. 172628 - COATS MANILA BAY, INC., VS. PURITA M. ORTEGA (REPRESENTED BY ALEJANDRO SAN PEDRO, JR.) AND MARINA A. MONTERO.D E C I S I O N - Supreme Court E-Library

Ruling

WHEREFORE, premises considered, the complainants are hereby declared illegally dismissed, and respondent Coats Manila Bay, Inc. is thereby directed to reinstate them to their former positions without loss of seniority rights and other benefits, to pay their full backwages, including their 13 th month pay, from the time of their termination up to the time of their actual reinstatement, and to pay each complainant 10% of the total award as attorney's fees. Nevertheless, the sums of money already paid by and received from the respondents by the complainants when they were terminated from the service shall be deducted from the total amount of their respective awards in this case, in the amount as computed by the NLRC NCR Computation Unit. All other claims are dismissed for lack of merit. SO ORDERED.