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    The Supreme Court upheld the NLRC's ruling that Prime Stars International Promotion Corp illegally dismissed Filipino workers and failed to comply with their employment contracts. The Court found that Prime Stars did not pay the workers their agreed upon salaries and transportation expenses as required by Philippine labor laws. As a result, Prime Stars officers and directors were held solidarily liable for money claims and damages owed to the workers. The Court also imposed legal interest on the total unpaid judgment from the time the decision became final.

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    The Supreme Court upheld the NLRC's ruling that Prime Stars International Promotion Corp illegally dismissed Filipino workers and failed to comply with their employment contracts. The Court found that Prime Stars did not pay the workers their agreed upon salaries and transportation expenses as required by Philippine labor laws. As a result, Prime Stars officers and directors were held solidarily liable for money claims and damages owed to the workers. The Court also imposed legal interest on the total unpaid judgment from the time the decision became final.

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    The Supreme Court upheld the NLRC's ruling that Prime Stars International Promotion Corp illegally dismissed Filipino workers and failed to comply with their employment contracts. The Court found that Prime Stars did not pay the workers their agreed upon salaries and transportation expenses as required by Philippine labor laws. As a result, Prime Stars officers and directors were held solidarily liable for money claims and damages owed to the workers. The Court also imposed legal interest on the total unpaid judgment from the time the decision became final.

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    #3. PRIME STARS INT’L. PROMOTION CORP, et.al. V. BAYBAYAN, et.al.

    G.R. No. 213961 January 22, 2020

    INSTRUCTION LEARNED:
    1. The judicial review of labor cases must not go beyond the evaluation of the sufficiency
    of the evidence upon and as such, the findings of fact and conclusions of law of the
    National Labor Relations Commission (NLRC) are generally accorded not only great
    weight and respect but even clothed with finality and deemed binding on the
    Supreme Court (SC) as long as they are supported by substantial evidence.
    2. The filing of complaint for illegal dismissal is inconsistent with resignation.
    3. The employer still has the burden of proving that the resignation is voluntary despite
    the employer’s claim that the employee resigned.
    4. Republic Act (RA) No. 8042, otherwise known as the Migrant workers and Overseas
    Filipinos Act of 1995, explicitly prohibits the substitution or alteration to the prejudice
    of the worker of employment contracts already approved and verified by the
    Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) from the time of
    5. The clear and categorical language of the law likewise imposes upon foreign principals
    minimum terms and conditions of employment for land-based Overseas Filipino
    Workers (OFWs), which include basic provisions for food, accommodation and
    transportation
    6. Prime Stars International Promotion Corporation’s failure to comply with the
    stipulations on the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA)-approved
    employment contracts of respondents with regard to salaries and transportation
    expenses, guaranteed under our labor laws, constituted an act oppressive to labor
    and more importantly, contrary to law and public policy.
    7. Section 10 of Republic Act (RA) No. 8042 mandates solidary liability among the
    corporate officers, directors, partners and the corporation or partnership for any
    claims and damages that may be due to the overseas workers.
    8. 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.
    9. When there is finding of illegal dismissal and an award of back wages and separation
    pay, the decision also becomes a judgment for money from which another
    consequence flows – the payment of legal interest in case of delay imposable upon
    the total unpaid judgment amount, from the time the decision became final.
    10. It is a time-honored rule that in controversies between a worker and his employer,
    doubts reasonably arising from the evidence, or in the interpretation of agreements
    and writing should be resolved in the worker’s favor.

    RAQUEL Q. CANDELARIA
    JD 4A
    LABOR LAW REVIEW

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