employee is not an acceptable ground to annul the compromise agreement[36] unless
it is accompanied by a gross disparity between the actual claim and the amount of
the settlement.[37]
A perusal of the records reveals that petitioners were not in any way
deceived, coerced or intimidated into signing a quitclaim waiver in the amounts
of P13,640, P15,080 and P16,200 respectively. Nor was there a disparity between
the amount of the quitclaim and the amount actually due the petitioners.
Conformably then the petitioners are entitled to the following amounts in Philippine Peso
at the rate of exchange prevailing at the time of payment:
1. MERCEDITA ACUÑA
a. Salary for 4 days
b. Overtime pay for 4 hours in 4 days
2. JULIET C. MENDEZ
a. Salary for 4 days
b. Overtime pay for 4 hours in 4 days
3. MYRNA R. RAMONES
a. Salary for 4 days
b. Overtime pay for 4 hours in 4 days
NT $ 2,436.92
1,523.07
NT $ 3,959.99
NT $ 2,436.92
1,523.07
NT $ 3,959.99
NT $ 2,436.92
1,523.07
NT $ 3,959.99
According to the Bangko Sentral Treasury Department, the prevailing
exchange rates on December 1999 was NT$1 toP1.268805. Hence, after
conversion to Philippine pesos, the amount of the quitclaim paid to petitioners was
actually higher than the amount due them.
WHEREFORE, the petition is DISMISSED, without prejudice to the filing
of illegal recruitment complaint against the respondents pursuant to Section 6(i)
of The Migrant Workers and Overseas Filipino Act of 1995 (Rep. Act No. 8042).