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    The International School Alliance of Educators hires both foreign and local teachers, paying foreign teachers 25% more in salary and providing them additional benefits. The school's labor union contested this difference, claiming it was discriminatory to Filipino teachers. The court ruled in favor of the union, finding that both foreign and local teachers had equal qualifications and responsibilities. As such, the school's classification system to justify paying foreign teachers more was invalid, as there was no reasonable distinction between the work of foreign and local teachers. The constitution and labor code prohibit discrimination and require equal pay for equal work.

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    The International School Alliance of Educators hires both foreign and local teachers, paying foreign teachers 25% more in salary and providing them additional benefits. The school's labor union contested this difference, claiming it was discriminatory to Filipino teachers. The court ruled in favor of the union, finding that both foreign and local teachers had equal qualifications and responsibilities. As such, the school's classification system to justify paying foreign teachers more was invalid, as there was no reasonable distinction between the work of foreign and local teachers. The constitution and labor code prohibit discrimination and require equal pay for equal work.

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    The International School Alliance of Educators hires both foreign and local teachers, paying foreign teachers 25% more in salary and providing them additional benefits. The school's labor union contested this difference, claiming it was discriminatory to Filipino teachers. The court ruled in favor of the union, finding that both foreign and local teachers had equal qualifications and responsibilities. As such, the school's classification system to justify paying foreign teachers more was invalid, as there was no reasonable distinction between the work of foreign and local teachers. The constitution and labor code prohibit discrimination and require equal pay for equal work.

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    The International School Alliance of Educators hires both foreign and local teachers, paying foreign teachers 25% more in salary and providing them additional benefits. The school's labor union contested this difference, claiming it was discriminatory to Filipino teachers. The court ruled in favor of the union, finding that both foreign and local teachers had equal qualifications and responsibilities. As such, the school's classification system to justify paying foreign teachers more was invalid, as there was no reasonable distinction between the work of foreign and local teachers. The constitution and labor code prohibit discrimination and require equal pay for equal work.

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    INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL ALLIANCE OF EDUCATORS v.

    QUISUMBING | 333 SCRA 13


    G.R. No. 128845 June 1, 2000

    FACTS: International School Alliance of Educators (the School) hires both


    foreign and local teachers as members of its faculty, classifying the same into
    two: (1) foreign-hires and (2) local-hires.

    In which, the School grants foreign-hires certain benefits not accorded local-
    hires including housing, transportation, shipping costs, taxes, home leave travel
    allowance and a salary rate 25% more than local hires based on “significant
    economic disadvantages”

    The labor union and the collective bargaining representative of all faculty
    members of the School, contested the difference in salary rates between foreign
    and local-hires.

    The Union claims that the point-of-hire classification employed by the School
    is discriminatory to Filipinos and that the grant of higher salaries to foreign-
    hires constitutes racial discrimination.

    ISSUE: Whether or not the Union can invoke the equal protection clause to
    justify its claim of parity.

    RULING: Yes. The Labor Code’s and the Constitution’s provisions


    impregnably institutionalize in this jurisdiction the long honored legal truism of
    "equal pay for equal work." Persons who work with substantially equal
    qualifications, skill, effort and responsibility, under similar conditions, should
    be paid similar salaries.

    If an employer accords employees the same position and rank, the presumption
    is that these employees perform equal work. If the employer pays one employee
    less than the rest, it is not for that employee to explain why he receives less or
    why the others receive more. That would be adding insult to injury.

    The employer in this case has failed to discharge this burden. There is no
    evidence here that foreign-hires perform 25% more efficiently or effectively
    than the local-hires. Both groups have similar functions and responsibilities,
    which they perform under similar working conditions.

    Hence, the Court finds the point-of-hire classification employed by respondent


    School to justify the distinction in the salary rates of foreign-hires and local
    hires to be an invalid classification. There is no reasonable distinction between
    the services rendered by foreign-hires and local-hires.

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