4. The amount of $641.66 or its peso equivalent, representing
unpaid wages from August 11 to 22, 1996.
5. Attorney’s fees equivalent to 10% of the total monetary
award.
The rest of the claims are dismissed for lack of merit.
SO ORDERED.[3]
Aggrieved by the Decision of the Labor Arbiter, herein petitioners appealed
to the NLRC. In its Decision dated March 22, 2000, the NLRC affirmed the
findings of the Labor Arbiter but modified the appealed Decision, disposing as
follows:
WHEREFORE, premises considered, the assailed decision is as it is
hereby ordered MODIFIED in that the amount representing three months salary
of the complainant due to his illegal dismissal is reduced to US$1,620.00. Further
the award of sick wage benefit is deleted.
All other dispositions are AFFIRMED.
SO ORDERED.[4]
Petitioners filed a Motion for Reconsideration but the NLRC denied the
same in its Decision of May 3, 2000.[5]
Petitioners filed a petition for certiorari with the CA.[6] In its Decision
dated December 18, 2001, the CA dismissed the petition and affirmed the NLRC
Decision.[7]
Petitioners filed a Motion for Reconsideration but it was denied by the CA in
its Resolution dated April 10, 2002.[8]
Hence, the instant petition with the following assignment of errors:
I. The Court of Appeals erred in ruling that private respondent was
illegally dismissed from employment.
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