G.R. No. 167614 [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] http://sc.judiciary.gov.ph/jurisprudence/2009/march2009/167614.htm http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2007/sgsm11084.doc.htm. Migrant Workers and Overseas Filipinos Act of 1995, effective July 15, 1995. Penned by Associate Justice Andres B. Reyes, Jr. and concurred in by Associate Justices Lucas P. Bersamin and Celia C. Librea-Leagogo; rollo, p. 231. Id. at 248. Rollo, p. 57. Id. at 58. Id. at 59. Id. at 48. [9] Id. at 55. [10] According to petitioner, this amount represents the pro-rated difference between the salary of US$2,590.00 per month which he was supposed to receive as Chief Officer from March 19, 1998 to April 30, 1998 and the salary of US$1,850.00 per month which he was actually paid as Second Officer for the same period. See LA Decision, rollo, pp. 107 and 112. [11] Position Paper, id. at 53-54. [12] The LA awarded petitioner US$45.00 out of the US$1,480.00 salary differential to which petitioner is entitled in view of his having received from respondents US$1,435.00 as evidenced by receipts marked as Annexes F, G and H, id. at 319-321. [13] Id. at 114. [14] Rollo, pp. 111-112. [15] Id. at 124. [16] Id. at 115. [17] G.R. No. 129584, December 3, 1998, 299 SCRA 608. [18] Appeal Memorandum, rollo, p. 121. [19] Id. at 134. [20] NLRC Decision, rollo, p. 140. [21] Id. at 146-150. [22] Id. at 153. [23] Id. at 155. [24] Id. at 166-177. [25] CA Decision, id. at 239-241. [26] Id. at 242. [27] Id. at 248. [28] Petition, rollo, p. 28. [29] Id. at 787. [30] Id. at 799. [31] Rollo, p. 282 [32] Memorandum for Petitioner, id. at 741-742. [33] Id. at 746-753. [34] Section 18. The State affirms labor as a primary social economic force. It shall protect the rights of workers and promote their welfare. [35] Rollo, pp. 763-766. [36] Petition, id. at 735. 29 of 33 1/26/2016 3:06 PM