G.R. NO. 167177 - ESTRELLA S. BAÑEZ, DE LA SALLE UNIVERSITY EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION (DLSUEA), REPRESENTED BY UNION PRESIDENT, BAYLON R. BAÑEZ, VS. DE LA SALLE UNIVERSITY, DR. CARMELITA QUEBENGCO, BRO. ANDREW GONZALEZ, FSC, GENEROSO TAMAYO, LIEZEL BUÑO, DR. CECILIA ALABASTRO, DR. GERARDO JANAIRO, CYNTH

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accordingly amended her complaint to include illegal dismissal and additionally prayed for 13th month pay, unpaid wages, salary differential, and longevity benefits. [14] Cantillas also amended her complaint to include illegal dismissal and payment of longevity and service incentive leave benefits. [15] On July 31, 1998, Labor Arbiter Felipe T. Garduque II rendered a consolidated Decision, the dispositive portion of which reads: WHEREFORE, premises considered, complainants' charges of illegal suspension/dismissal and unfair labor practice including their prayer for damages are hereby dismissed for lack of merit. However, respondent De La Salle University is hereby ordered to pay within ten (10) days from receipt hereof, the herein complainants Estrella Banez her salary increases and 13th month pay differential in the total amount of P6,912.90, and Virginia C. Cantillas, the sum of P9,491.67, as her pro-rata 13th month pay for 1996, including her longevity and cash conversion of her sick leave under the CBA, plus ten percent (10%) attorney's fees. For lack of concrete and convincing evidence, respondents' counterclaims are hereby denied. SO ORDERED.