SECOND DIVISION [G.R. No. 144786. April 15, 2004] PHIL. EMPLOY SERVICES and RESOURCES, INC., petitioner, vs. JOSEPH PARAMIO, RONALD NAVARRA, ROMEL SARMIENTO, RECTO GUILLERMO, FERDINAND BAUTISTA and APOLINARIO CURAMENG, JR., respondents. DECISION CALLEJO, SR., J.: This is a petition for review of the Decision[1] of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. SP No. 54744 and its Resolution denying the petitioners motion for reconsideration therefrom. As culled from the records, the antecedents are as follows: On different dates from April 1996 to October 1996, respondents Joseph Paramio, Ronald Navarra, Romel Sarmiento, Recto Guillermo, Ferdinand Bautista and Apolinario Curameng, Jr. applied for employment in Taiwan[2] with petitioner, Phil. Employ Services and Resources, Inc. (PSRI for brevity), a domestic corporation engaged in the recruitment and deployment of Filipino Workers Overseas.[3] Their applications were processed along with the requisite papers and documents in support thereof, and they paid P19,000 each as placement fee.[4] Thereafter, they executed in the Philippines separate one-year contracts of employment with their employer in Taiwan, Kuan Yuan Fiber Co., Ltd. Hsei-Chang. The respondents were deployed in Taiwan as operators on different dates[5] and each of them had a monthly salary of NT$15,360 (New Taiwan Dollars), with free food and accommodation. [6] After the orientation given by their employer, the respondents were told that their schedule of work was up to 9:00 p.m.,[7] except for respondent Navarra who was made to work up to 12:00 midnight.[8] The respondents were downhearted when they discovered that, upon their arrival in their quarters, they had no beddings, pillows and blankets.[9] They encountered worse problems in the course of their employment, viz.: a). Irregular and deliberate charging of deductions which were not fully accounted such as the blankets issued, charging of penalties amounting to 400 NT to all employees for a littering violation attributable only to one employee;