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Sime Darby Pil. Inc. vs. Buenaventura Magsalin etal

SIME DARBY PILIPINAS, INC., petitioners, vs. DEPUTY ADMINISTRATOR BUENAVENTURA C. MAGSALIN as Voluntary Arbitrator and the SIME DARBY EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION, respondents.

G.R. No. 90426 | 1989-12-15

D E C I S I O N


FELICIANO, J.:

The Petition for Certiorari before us assails the award of Voluntary Arbitrator Buenaventura Magsalin dated 17 August 1989 which directed petitioner Sime Darby Pilipinas, Inc. (Sime Darby) to pay the members of private respondent Sime Darby Employees Association (SDEA) a performance bonus equivalent to seventy-five percent (75%) of their monthly basic pay for the year 1988-1989.

On 13 June 1989, petitioner Sime Darby and private respondent SDEA executed a Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) providing, among others, that:

"Article X, Section 1. A performance bonus shall be granted, the amount of which...