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Pamplona Plantation Company vs. Ramon Acosta, et al.

PAMPLONA PLANTATION COMPANY, Petitioner, versus RAMON ACOSTA, GREGORIA ARABE, RUFINO BACUBAC, JOSEPH BARBA, VIRGINIA BARRERA, MARY ANN BELLO, LANDO BALORON, ELBERTO BUQUIRAN, ANTONIO CANOLAS, HERMINIGILDO CANOLAS, ROMAN CASUSI, GEOFFREY DENLAOSO, NOLI DENLAOSO, PEDRO DENLAOSO, DANNY DINGLASA, ROSENDO DURON, MARIA EMPERADO, MARIO EMPERADO, MELECIO EMPERADO, PEDRO EMPERADO, PETER ESPARWA, MANUEL GARCIA, SAMUEL GARCIA, DARWIN GARNICA, JUANITA GIMOL, ANACLETA GUAN, LUIS GUAN, FLORO GUEVARRA, LAUREANO LOPEZ, LORETO LUZON, PAQUITO NAPAO, NILO ORTEGA, EMILIANO PANANGGANAN, FREDERICO PANANGGANAN, JOSELO PANANGGANAN, SIMEON PANANGGANAN, PABLO PAO. ANTONIO QUILESTINO, EUFEMIA RABOTIN, LUISA REGALA, ROMEO REGALA, SALOME RAGALA, NERIO REYES, CELSO RUFA, ABUNDIO SABION, ROLANDO SALASAYO, JIMMY SALIN, PILARIO SALIN, SOFRONIO SOLAMILLO, JOSELITO TINGHIL, ROMY TINGHIL, ABELLO TOROY, ADELAIDA TOROY, CRESENCIO TOROY, ELPIDIA TOROY, JONATHAN TOROY, ERNESTO TORRES, FELIX TORRES, GUILLERMO TORRES, NARCISO TORRES, NELSON TORRES, ROSALIO TORRES, WILFREDO TORRES, CRISTOPHER YBANAY, LORETO YBANAY and REYNALDO YBIAS, Respondents.

G.R. No. 153193 | 2006-12-06

FIRST DIVISION
 
D E C I S I O N 
 
AUSTRIA-MARTINEZ, J.: 
 
There were originally 66 complainants in the case before the Labor Arbiter for underpayment, overtime pay, premium pay for rest day and holiday, service incentive leave pay, damages, attorney's fees, and 13th month pay. The complainants claimed that they were regular rank and file employees of the Pamplona Plantation Co., Inc. (petitioner) with different hiring periods, work designations, and salary rates. Petitioner, however, denied this, alleging that some of the complainants are seasonal employees, some are contractors, others were hired under the pakyaw...