DOMINGO NALDO, JR., ROGELIO BENITEZ, ISIDRO ALFONSO, JR., RONALDO LEDDA, BERNARDO FABULARE, ARMANDO DE LUNA, AND NELSON VILLACENTINO, VS. CORPORATE PROTECTION SERVICES, PHILS., INC. AND/OR BUDDY ROBRIGADO AND BENJAMIN SESGUNDO.

Ruling

ACCORDINGLY, the Petition is GRANTED . The Consolidated Decision dated February 15, 2018 and the Consolidated Resolution dated November 8, 2018 of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. SP No. 144925 and CA-G.R. SP No. 145329 are hereby REVERSED and SET ASIDE . Respondent Corporate Protection Services, Phils., Inc. is found to have constructively dismissed petitioners Domingo Naldo, Jr., Rogelio Benitez, Isidro Alfonso, Jr., Ronaldo Ledda, Bernardo Fabulare, Armando De Luna, and Nelson Villacentino. As such, respondent Corporate Protection Services, Phils., Inc. is hereby ORDERED to REINSTATE petitioners and to pay each of the petitioners the following: (a) backwages, including the legally mandated 13th month pay, from the time they were illegally dismissed on March 10, 2015 until the finality of this ruling; (b) overtime pay, holiday pay, rest day premium, and service incentive leave pay pursuant to the Decision dated December 27, 2016, unless the same were already paid to petitioners in full; (c) PHP 50,000.00 as moral damages; (d) PHP 20,000.00 as exemplary damages; and (e) attorney's fees equivalent to 10% of the total monetary award due to petitioners. All monetary awards shall earn legal interest at the rate of 6% per annum from the date of finality of this Decision until full payment. Finally, the Labor Arbiter is hereby ORDERED to prepare a revised comprehensive computation of the monetary awards based on the foregoing and cause its implementation, with utmost dispatch. SO ORDERED.