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Apex Mining Company, Inc. Vs. National Labor Relations Commission, Et Al.

APEX MINING COMPANY, INC., petitioner, vs. NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS COMMISSION and SANDIGAN NG MANGGAGAWANG PILIPINO, represented by RANULFO PEDRERA, President, respondents.

G.R. No. 86200 | 1992-02-25

D E C I S I O N


FELICIANO, J.:

Respondent Sandigan ng Manggagawang Pilipino ("Sandigan") filed before the Labor Arbiter a claim for Emergency Cost of Living Allowance ("ECOLA") differential against petitioner Apex Mining Company, Inc. ("Apex") alleging that Apex had paid its employees in its Maco, Davao del Norte operations, between 1 November 1984 until 28 March 1985, an aggregate cumulative daily ECOLA of only P15.00 which was P2.00 below the cumulative minimum ECOLA of P17.00 (for non-agricultural workers) established under Wage Order No. 6; and that petitioner had belatedly granted the additional P2.00 starting on 29 March 1985...