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Esalyn Chavez Vs. Edna Bonto-Perez, Et Al.

ESALYN CHAVEZ, petitioner, vs. HON. EDNA BONTO-PEREZ, HON. ROGELIO T. RAYALA, HON. DOMINGO H. ZAPANTA, HON. JOSE N. SARMIENTO, CENTRUM PROMOTIONS & PLACEMENT CORPORATION, JOSE A. AZUCENA, JR., and TIMES SURETY & INSURANCE COMPANY, INC., respondents.

G.R. No. 109808 | 1995-03-01

D E C I S I O N


PUNO, J.:

One of the anguished cries in our society today is that while our laws appear to protect the poor, their interpretation is sometimes anti-poor, uncounselled entertainment dancer signed a contract with her Japanese employer calling for a monthly salary of One Thousand Five Hundred U.S. Dollars (US$1,500) but later had to sign an immoral side agreement reducing her salary below the minimum standard set by the POEA. Petitioner invoked the law to collect her salary differentials, but incredibly found public respondents straining the seams of our law to disfavor her. There is no greater disappointment to the poor...