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Daniel Manalo, Et Al. vs. Pampanga Sugar Development Company, Inc.

DANIEL MANALO, ET AL., petitioners, vs. PAMPANGA SUGAR DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, INC., respondent.

G.R. No. L-26776 | 1969-06-30

D E C I S I O N 


REYES, J.B.L., J.: 

This petition for a categorical interpretation of Section 4, Commonwealth Act No. 444, as amended (otherwise known as the Eight- Hour Labor Law), or more specifically, the correct computation thereunder of the premium pay due the monthly salaried employees for work performed on Sundays and legal holidays, was brought to us by way of certiorari to review a ruling 1 on the point by the Court of Industrial Relations (CIR). 

Said Section 4 reads as follows: 

"SEC. 4. No person, firm, or corporation, business establishment or place or center of labor shall compel an employee or laborer to...