5/28/2020 E-Library - Information At Your Fingertips: Printer Friendly [1] Enacted on June 7, 1995. [2] Enacted on July 8, 2010. [3] G.R. No. 167614, 601 Phil. 245 (2009). [4] Id. at 312-324. [5] Id. at 322-324; italics and emphasis supplied, citations omitted. [6] The long title of R.A. No. 8042. [7] Supra note 2, at 313-314. [8] Id. at 314. [9] Id. [10] Supra note 2, at 314. [11] Id. [12] Section 10 of R.A. No. 8042 pertinently reads: SECTION 10. Money Claims. — Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the Labor Arbiters of the National Labor Relations Commission (NLRC) shall have the original and exclusive jurisdiction to hear and decide, within ninety (90) calendar days after the filing of the complaint, the claims arising out of an employer-employee relationship or by virtue of any law or contract involving Filipino workers for overseas deployment including claims for actual, moral, exemplary and other forms of damages. The liability of the principal/employer and the recruitment/placement agency for any and all claims under this section shall be joint and several. This provision shall be incorporated in the contract for overseas employment and shall be a condition precedent for its approval. The performance bond to be filed by the recruitment/placement agency, as provided by law, shall be answerable for all money claims or damages that may be awarded to the workers. If the recruitment/placement agency is a juridical being, the corporate officers and directors and partners as the case may be, shall themselves be jointly and solidarily liable with the corporation or partnership for the aforesaid claims and damages. elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocsfriendly/1/57319 37/39