FIRST DIVISION
[G.R. No. 254243. January 12, 2021.]
CHEMFOUR, INC., petitioner, vs.REYNALDO C. CAYABYAB, respondent.
NOTICE
Sirs/Mesdames :
Please take notice that the Court, First Division, issued a Resolution dated January 12, 2021which reads as follows:
"G.R. No. 254243 (Chemfour, Inc., Petitioner, vs. Reynaldo C. Cayabyab, Respondent). — The petitioner's motion for an extension of thirty (30) days within which to file a petition for review on certiorari is GRANTED, counted from the expiration of the reglementary period.
After a judicious perusal of the records, the Court resolves to DENY the present Petition for Review on Certiorari1 for failure of petitioner to sufficiently show that the Court of Appeals (CA) committed any reversible error in promulgating its Decision 2 dated 27 June 2019 and Resolution 3 dated 09 October 2020 whereby the CA held that the National Labor Relations Commission (NLRC) did not commit grave abuse of discretion in rendering its Decision dated 27 July 2017. 4
This Court is not a trier of facts, and this applies with greater force in labor cases; only errors of law are generally reviewed in petitions for review on certiorari criticizing decisions of the CA. Factual questions are for the labor tribunal to resolve. In addition, findings of fact of quasi-judicial bodies such as the NLRC, as affirmed by the CA, are conclusive on this Court. 5
In view of Nacar vs. Gallery Frames, 6 however, this Court imposes interest at the legal rate of 6% per annum on the total monetary award of P58,317.45 from the date of finality of this Resolution until fully paid.
WHEREFORE, the Petition for Review is hereby DENIED. The Decision dated 27 June 2019 and Resolution dated 09 October 2020 of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. SP No. 153686 are AFFIRMED. The monetary awards due shall earn legal interest of six (6%) from the date of finality of this Resolution until fully satisfied.
SO ORDERED."
By authority of the Court:
(SGD.) LIBRADA C. BUENADivision Clerk of Court
By:
MARIA TERESA B. SIBULODeputy Division Clerk of Court
Footnotes
1.Rollo, pp. 12-42.
2.Id. at 553-561A. Penned by Associate Justice Tita Marilyn Payoyo-Villordon, with the concurrence of Associate Justices Mario V. Lopez (now a member of this Court) and Zenaida Galapate-Laguilles of the Fourteenth (14th) Division, Court of Appeals, Manila.
3.Rollo, pp. 599-600.
4.Id. at 319-326. Penned by Presiding Commissioner Joseph Gerard E. Mabilog, with the concurrence of Commissioners Isabel G. Panganiban-Ortiguerra and Nieves E. Vivar-De Castro.
5.Guerrero v. Philippine Transmarine Carriers, Inc., G.R. No. 222523, 03 October 2018 [Per J. (now CJ) Peralta].
6. G.R. No. 189871, 13 August 2013 [Per J. (now CJ) Peralta].