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Meycauayan College vs. Franklin M. Drilon, et al.

MEYCAUAYAN COLLEGE, petitioner, vs. HONORABLE FRANKLIN M. DRILON, in his capacity as Secretary of the Department of Labor and Employment and MEYCAUAYAN COLLEGE FACULTY AND PERSONNEL ASSOCIATION (MCFPA), respondents.

G.R. No. 81144 | 1990-05-07

D E C I S I O N


FERNAN, C.J.:

The pivotal issue in this petition for certiorari is whether increases in employees' salaries resulting from the implementation of presidential decrees and wage orders, which are over and above the agreed salary scale contracted for between the employer and the employees in a collective bargaining agreement, preclude the employees from claiming the difference between their old salaries and those provided for under said salary scale.

Petitioner is a private educational institution duly organized and existing under Philippine laws, and operating in Meycauayan, Bulacan. On January 16, 1987, its board of...