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Jerome D. Escasinas, et al. vs. Shangri-la's Mactan Island Resort, et al.

JEROMIE D. ESCASINAS and EVAN RIGOR SINGCO, Petitioners, versus SHANGRI-LA'S MACTAN ISLAND RESORT and DR. JESSICA J.R. PEPITO, Respondents.

G.R. No. 178827 | 2009-03-04

D E C I S I O N 

CARPIO MORALES, J.: 

Registered nurses Jeromie D. Escasinas and Evan Rigor Singco (petitioners) were engaged in 1999 and 1996, respectively, by Dr. Jessica Joyce R. Pepito (respondent doctor) to work in her clinic at respondent Shangri-la's Mactan Island Resort (Shangri-la) in Cebu of which she was a retained physician. 

In late 2002, petitioners filed with the National Labor Relations Commission (NLRC) Regional Arbitration Branch No. VII (NLRC-RAB No. VII) a complaint[1] for regularization, underpayment of wages, non-payment of holiday pay, night shift differential and 13th month pay differential against...