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PAL Employees Saving and Loan Asso., Inc. vs NLRC, et al.

PAL EMPLOYEES SAVING AND LOAN ASSOCIATION, INC. (PESALA), petitioner, vs. NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS COMMISSION AND ANGEL V. ESQUEJO, respondents.

G.R. No. 105963 | 1996-08-22

PANGANIBAN, J.:


Is an employee entitled to overtime pay for work rendered in excess of eight hours a day, given the fact that his employment contract specifies a twelve-hour workday at a fixed monthly salary rate that is above the legal minimum wage? This is the principal question answered by this Court in resolving this petition which challenges the validity and legality of theDecision 1 of public respondent National Labor Relations Commission 2 promulgated on April 23, 1992 in NLRC NCR CA No. 002522-91 entitled "Angel V. Esquejo vs. PAL Employees Savings and Loan Association" which Decision modified (slightly as to amount) the...