G.R. No. 181913 - DANIEL P. JAVELLANA, JR., VS. ALBINO BELEN. [G.R. No. 182158]ALBINO BELEN, VS. DANIEL P. JAVELLANA, JR. AND JAVELLANA FARMS, INC..D E C I S I O N - Supreme Court E-Library

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WHEREFORE , the Court GRANTS the petition, SETS ASIDE the decision of the Court of Appeals dated September 12, 2007 and its resolution dated March 3, 2008 in CA-G.R. SP 83354, REINSTATES the decision of the Labor Arbiter dated November 25, 2002 in NLRC-NCR Case 30-09-04294-01 with the modification that the awards of backwages be computed from August 20, 1999 to September 22, 2008 and the separation pay, from January 31, 1994 to September 22, 2008; the 10% attorney's fees be based on the awards so computed; and that the amounts due be made to bear interest of 12% per annum from September 22, 2008 until fully paid. Let the records of the case be remanded to the National Labor Relations Commission upon the finality of this judgment for computation of the exact amounts due petitioner Albino Belen from respondents Javellana Farms, Inc. and Daniel Javellana, Jr. SO ORDERED.