G.R. No. 165199 - PHILIPPINE LONG DISTANCE TELEPHONE COMPANY, VS. INOCENCIO B. BERBANO, JR..D E C I S I O N - Supreme Court E-Library

Ruling

WHEREFORE, premises considered, judgment is hereby rendered ordering the reinstatement of the complainant to his previous position of Computer Assistant M-2 without loss of seniority rights. Furthermore, respondent is hereby ordered to pay to the complainant the amount of FIVE HUNDRED THIRTY SEVEN THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED TWENTY PESOS (P537,420.00) representing the backwages of the complainant from the time that he was terminated in August 1994 up to the present, minus any possible income earned elsewhere since complainant's dismissal. The equivalent ten (10%) percent attorney's fees of the total award in the amount of P53,742.00 is also granted. SO ORDERED.