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G & M (Phils.) Inc., vs Willie Batomalaque

G & M (PHIL.), INC., Petitioner, versus WILLIE BATOMALAQUE, Respondent.

G.R. No. 151849 | 2005-06-23

D E C I S I O N


CARPIO MORALES, J.:

Culled from the records of the case are the following facts material to the appeal of petitioner. 

Sometime in February 1992, Abdul Aziz Abdullah Al Muhaimid Najad Car Maintenance Association (Abdul Aziz), a Saudi Arabian entity based in Riyadh, hired respondent, Willie Batomalaque, as a car painter at a monthly salary of US$370.00[1] for a two-year period[2] through its agent, petitioner G&M (Phil.), Inc.

In accordance with the employment contract, respondent started working for Abdul Aziz on March 10, 1992[3] at a monthly salary of US$370.00[4] which according to him was equivalent to 1,200 Saudi...