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The Ruling of the NLRC
By Resolution dated October 21, 2013, the NLRC affirmed with modification, thus:
WHEREFORE, respondent's appeal is PARTLY GRANTED and the Decision
promulgated on 30 July 2012 is AFFIRMED WITH THE FOLLOWING
MODIFICATIONS:
1. Respondent Comscentre Phils. Inc. is DIRECTED to pay complainant
P85,424.44 broken down as follow s , viz:
(a) P30,692.31 as salaries during her 14 days suspension;
(b) P24,880.69 as tax refund;
(c) P10,851.44 as monetary equivalent of her vacation leaves; and
(d) P19,000.00 as proportionate 13th month pay.
From these amounts shall be deducted the P80,000.00 bond due the
respondent.
2. Award of moral and exemplary damages and attorney's fees are
DELETED;
All other claims are DISMISSED for lack of merit.
SO ORDERED.[15]
The NLRC adjusted the computation of respondent's money claims to cover her salary
during her fourteen (14)-day illegal suspension, tax refund, and unused leave credits.
The award of damages and attorney's fees was deleted for respondent's failure to
substantiate its grant. The NLRC, however, ordered the deduction of the Eighty
Thousand Pesos (P80,000.00) "employment bond" claimed by petitioners from
respondent's total monetary award.
Respondent moved for reconsideration which was denied under Resolution dated
January 23, 2014.[16] On May 13, 2014, the NLRC had already issued an entry of
judgment in favor of petitioners.[17]
Meanwhile, respondent went to the Court of Appeals via a petition for certiorari. She
claimed that the NLRC gravely abused its discretion when it ordered the deduction of
the Eighty Thousand Pesos (P80,000.00) "employment bond" from her money claims
for alleged breach of her employment contract. Respondent argued that an action for
breach of contractual obligation is a civil dispute under the jurisdiction of regular
courts, not the NLRC.
The Ruling of the Court of Appeals
Under Decision dated July 8, 2015,[18] the Court of Appeals nullified the NLRC's
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