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THIRD DIVISION
[ G.R. No. 200811, June 19, 2019 ]
JULITA M. ALDOVINO, JOAN B. LAGRIMAS, WINNIE B. LINGAT,
CHITA A. SALES, SHERLY L. GUINTO, REVILLA S. DE JESUS, AND
LAILA V. ORPILLA, PETITIONERS, VS. GOLD AND GREEN
MANPOWER MANAGEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, INC.,
SAGE INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, LTD., AND
ALBERTO C. ALVINA, RESPONDENTS.
DECISION
LEONEN, J.:
The clause "or for three (3) months for every year of the unexpired term, whichever is
less" as reinstated in Section 7 of Republic Act No. 10022 is unconstitutional, and has
no force and effect of law. It violates due process as it deprives overseas workers of
their monetary claims without any discernable valid purpose.[1]
This Court resolves a Petition for Review on Certiorari[2] assailing the September 29,
2011 Decision[3] and January 26, 2012 Resolution[4] of the Court of Appeals. The Court
of Appeals ruled that Julita M. Aldovino (Aldovino), Joan B. Lagrimas, Winnie B. Lingat,
Chita A. Sales, Sherly L. Guinto, Revilla S. De Jesus (De Jesus), and Laila V. Orpilla
were all illegally dismissed from service.
Aldovino and her co-applicants applied for work at Gold and Green Manpower
Management and Development Services, Inc. (Gold and Green Manpower), a local
manning agency whose foreign principal is Sage International Development Company,
Ltd. (Sage International).[5]
Eventually, they were hired as sewers for Dipper Semi-Conductor Company, Ltd.
(Dipper Semi-Conductor), a Taiwan-based company. Their respective employment
contracts provided an eight (8)-hour working day, a fixed monthly salary, and
entitlement to overtime pay, among others.[6]
Before they could be deployed for work, Gold and Green Manpower required each
applicant to pay a P72,000.00 placement fee. But since the applicants were unable to
produce the amount on their own, Gold and Green Manpower referred them to E-Cash
Paylite and Financing, Inc. (E-Cash Paylite), where they loaned their placement fees.[7]
Once Aldovino and her co-workers arrived in Taiwan, Gold and Green Manpower took all
their travel documents, including their passports. They were then made to sign another
contract that provides that they would be paid on a piece-rate basis instead of a fixed
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