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Social Security System vs. Efren Capada, et al.

ISLRIZ TRADING/VICTOR HUGO LU, Petitioner, vs. EFREN CAPADA, LAURO LICUP, NORBERTO NIGOS, RONNIE ABEL, GODOFREDO MAGNAYE, ARNEL SIBERRE, EDMUNDO CAPADA, NOMERLITO MAGNAYE and ALBERTO DELA VEGA, Respondents.

G.R. No. 168501 | 2011-01-31



FIRST DIVISION

D E C I S I O N


DEL CASTILLO, J.:

We reiterate in this petition the settled view that employees are entitled to their accrued salaries during the period between the Labor Arbiter’s order of reinstatement pending appeal and the resolution of the National Labor Relations Commission (NLRC) overturning that of the Labor Arbiter. Otherwise stated, even if the order of reinstatement of the Labor Arbiter is reversed on appeal, the employer is still obliged to reinstate and pay the wages of the employee during the period of appeal until reversal by a higher court or tribunal. In this case, respondents are entitled to their...