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Prubankers Association vs Prudential Bank and Trust Company

PRUBANKERS ASSOCIATION, petitioner, vs. PRUDENTIAL BANK & TRUST COMPANY, respondent.

G.R. No. 131247 | 1999-01-25

D E C I S I O N
 
PANGANIBAN, J.:
 
Wage distortion presupposes an increase in the compensation of the lower ranks in an office hierarchy without a corresponding raise for higher-tiered employees in the same region of the country, resulting in the elimination or the severe diminution of the distinction between the two groups.  Such distortion does not arise when a wage order gives employees in one branch of a bank higher compensation than that given to their counterparts in other regions occupying the same pay scale, who are not covered by said wage order.  In short, the implementation of wage orders in one region but not...