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G.R. No. 110068. February 15, 1995.
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from the term "basic salary" is cast in open ended and apparently
circular terms:
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RESOLUTION
FELICIANO, J.:
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ductivity bonuses." The Second Division characterized
these payments as additional monetary benefits not
properly included in the term "basic salary" in computing
their 13th month pay. We note that productivity bonuses
are generally tied to the productivity, or capacity for
revenue production, of a corporation; such bonuses closely
resemble profit-sharing payments and have no clear, direct
or necessary relation to the amount of work actually done
by each individual employee. More generally, a bonus is an
amount granted and paid ex gratia to the employee; its
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"x x x. Whether or not [a] bonus forms part of wages depends upon
the circumstances or conditions for its payment. If it is an
additional compensation which the employer promised and agreed
to give without any conditions imposed for its payment, such as
success of business or
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Motions denied.
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