3/31/2021 E-Library - Information At Your Fingertips: Printer Friendly Our overseas workers belong to a disadvantaged class. Most of them come from the poorest sector of our society. Their profile shows they live in suffocating slums, trapped in an environment of crimes. Hardly literate and in ill health, their only hope lies in jobs they find with difficulty in our country. Their unfortunate circumstance makes them easy prey to avaricious employers. They will climb mountains, cross the seas, endure slave treatment in foreign lands just to survive. Out of despondence, they will work under sub human conditions and accept salaries below the minimum. The least we can do is to protect them with our laws.[77] On that note, the Court reminds petitioners to observe common decency and good faith in their dealings with their unsuspecting employees, particularly in undertakings that ultimately lead to waiver of workers' rights.[78] The Court will not renege on its duty to protect the weak against the strong, and the gullible against the wicked, be it for labor or for capital.[79] The Court scorns petitioners' reprehensible conduct. As employers, petitioners are bound to observe candor and fairness in their relations with their hapless employees. WHEREFORE, the Petition is DENIED. The assailed Decision dated June 27, 2014 and the Resolution dated December 23, 2014 issued by the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. SP No. 128433 are AFFIRMED with MODIFICATION in that all of the monetary awards granted by the Labor Arbiter in favor of respondent Hazel A. Viernes shall earn legal interest at the rate of 6% per annum from the date that this Decision becomes final and executory until full satisfaction. SO ORDERED. Perlas-Bernabe (Chairperson) and Delos Santos, JJ., concur. A. Reyes, Jr., and Hernando, JJ., on official leave. [1] Rollo, pp. 26-43. [2] Id. at 12-22; penned by Associate Justice Vicente S.E. Veloso with Associate Justices Jane Aurora C. Lantion and Nina G. Antonio-Valenzuela, concurring. [3] Id. at 24. [4] Id. at 137-154. [5] CA rollo, pp.25-34; penned by Commissioner Angelo Ang Palaña with Presiding Commissioner Herminio V. Suelo and Commissioner Numeriano D. Villena, concurring. [6] Rollo, pp. 135-136. [7] Id. at 156-162. [8] Not attached to the rollo and the records. https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocsfriendly/1/65972 8/12