"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.
x x x x x x."
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G.R. No. 148407, November 12, 2003, 415 SCRA 720, 725.