G.R. No. 206331 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRARIAN REFORM MULTI-PURPOSE COOPERATIVE (DARMPC), VS. CARMENCITA DIAZ, REPRESENTED BY MARY CATHERINE M. DIAZ; EMMA CABIGTING; AND NINA T. SAMANIEGO[1].DECISION - Supreme Court E-Library

Ruling

WHEREFORE, the instant petition is GRANTED and the assailed Decision dated April 30, 2009 of the public respondent NLRC in NLRC NCR Case No. 00-12-1407-2003/NLRC LAC No. 043647-05 is REVERSED AND SET ASIDE . Private respondent cooperative is hereby ordered to: 1. pay petitioners their backwages, including 13 th month pay, unpaid vacation and sick leaves and the monetary equivalent of other benefits, computed from the time their compensation was withheld from them on December 1, 2003 up to the finality of this decision; 2. pay petitioners their separation pay equivalent to at least one month salary for every year of service, computed from the time of engagement up to the finality of this decision; and 3. pay petitioners' attorney's fees at 10% of the total monetary award to be recovered. All other claims are denied for lack of merit. Let the records of this case be remanded to the Arbiter Branch of origin for the proper computation of the backwages, 13 th month pay, unpaid vacation and sick leaves and the monetary equivalent of other benefits, and separation pay, in lieu of reinstatement. SO ORDERED.