3/31/2021 E-Library - Information At Your Fingertips: Printer Friendly directive to deduct the Eighty Thousand Pesos (P80,000.00) "employment bond" from the total monetary award due to respondent. It ruled that petitioners' claim for payment of " employment bond" is within the exclusive jurisdiction of regular courts. Petitioners sought reconsideration, but was denied under Resolution dated January 12, 2016.[19] The Present Petition Petitioners now seek affirmative relief from the Court. They reiterate that the NLRC has jurisdiction over their claim for enforcement of the " employment bond" against respondent as it is covered by respondent's " terms and conditions of employment." In her Comment,[20] respondent ripostes that the Court of Appeals correctly ruled that the NLRC does not have jurisdiction over petitioners' claim for payment of the "employment bond." For it has nothing to do with wages and other terms and conditions of employment. In their Reply,[21] petitioners insist that respondent's premature termination of her employment makes her liable for payment of" employment bond." Core Issue Did the Court of Appeals err when it ruled that petitioners' claim for payment of "employment bond" fell within the jurisdiction of regular courts? Ruling We grant the petition. Article 224[22] of the Labor Code clothes the labor tribunals with original and exclusive jurisdiction over claims for damages arising from employer employee relationship, viz: Art. 224. Jurisdiction of Labor Arbiters and the Commission. - (a) Except as otherwise provided under this Code, the Labor Arbiters shall have original and exclusive jurisdiction to hear and decide, within thirty (30) calendar days after the submission of the case by the parties for decision without extension, even in the absence of stenographic notes, the following cases involving all workers, whether agricultural or non-agricultural: 1. Unfair labor practices; 2. Termination disputes; 3. If accompanied with a claim for reinstatement, those cases that workers may file involving wages, rates of pay, hours of work and other terms and conditions of employment; https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocsfriendly/1/66004 5/9