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    Leyte IV Electric Cooperative Inc v. Leyeco Union

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    The petitioner electric cooperative and respondent employees union had a collective bargaining agreement from 1998-2000. A dispute arose regarding holiday pay. A voluntary arbitrator ruled in favor of the employees, finding the cooperative had not shown it complied with paying holiday pay as required. The cooperative appealed. The Supreme Court held that decisions of voluntary arbitrators are appealable to the Court of Appeals because they have quasi-judicial authority and their decisions have the effect of court judgments. The proper process is to file a petition for review with the Court of Appeals.

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    The petitioner electric cooperative and respondent employees union had a collective bargaining agreement from 1998-2000. A dispute arose regarding holiday pay. A voluntary arbitrator ruled in favor of the employees, finding the cooperative had not shown it complied with paying holiday pay as required. The cooperative appealed. The Supreme Court held that decisions of voluntary arbitrators are appealable to the Court of Appeals because they have quasi-judicial authority and their decisions have the effect of court judgments. The proper process is to file a petition for review with the Court of Appeals.

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    The petitioner electric cooperative and respondent employees union had a collective bargaining agreement from 1998-2000. A dispute arose regarding holiday pay. A voluntary arbitrator ruled in favor of the employees, finding the cooperative had not shown it complied with paying holiday pay as required. The cooperative appealed. The Supreme Court held that decisions of voluntary arbitrators are appealable to the Court of Appeals because they have quasi-judicial authority and their decisions have the effect of court judgments. The proper process is to file a petition for review with the Court of Appeals.

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    Leyte IV Electric Cooperative Inc., v.

    LEYECO IV Employees Union


    G.R. 157775, October 19,2007

    Facts:
    On April 6, 1998, petitioner and respondent entered into a Collective Bargaining
    Agreement covering petitioner rank-and-file employees, for a period of five (5) years
    effective January 1, 1998. Respondent demanded for a holiday pay for all employees, as
    provided for in the CBA.

    Petitioner, on the other hand, insisted payment of the holiday pay in compliance with the
    CBA provisions, stating that payment was presumed since the formula used in
    determining the daily rate of pay of the covered employees is Basic Monthly Salary
    divided by 30 days or Basic Monthly Salary multiplied by 12 divided by 360 days, thus with
    said formula, the employees are already paid their regular and special days, the days when
    no work is done, the 51 un-worked Sundays and the 51 un-worked Saturdays.

    Voluntary Arbitrator Antonio C. Lopez, Jr. rendered a Decision in favor of respondent,


    holding petitioner liable for payment of unpaid holidays from 1998 to 2000 in the sum of
    P1,054,393.07. He reasoned that petitioner miserably failed to show that it complied with
    the CBA mandate that holiday pay be reflected during any payroll period of occurrence
    since the payroll slips did not reflect any payment of the paid holidays. He found
    unacceptable not only petitioner's presumption of payment of holiday pay based on a
    formula used in determining and computing the daily rate of each covered employee, but
    also petitioner's further submission that the rate of its employees is not less than the
    statutory minimum wage multiplied by 365 days and divided by twelve

    Issue:
    WON the decision of a Voluntary Arbitrator appealable to the CA.

    Held:
    It has long been settled in the landmark case Luzon Development Bank that a
    voluntary arbitrator, whether acting solely or in a panel, enjoys in law the status of a
    quasi-judicial agency; hence, his decisions and awards are appealable to the CA. This is so
    because the awards of voluntary arbitrators become final and executory upon the lapse of
    the period to appeal; and since their awards determine the rights of parties, their
    decisions have the same effect as judgments of a court. Therefore, the proper remedy
    from an award of a voluntary arbitrator is a petition for review to the CA, following
    Revised Administrative Circular No. 1-95, which provided for a uniform procedure for
    appellate review of all adjudications of quasi-judicial entities, which is now embodied in
    Section 1, Rule 43 of the 1997 Rules of Civil Procedure.

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