Legal Memorandum

1o ALLy Aracell Pabaradas

lrom Marc !onnell ! Chlng
uaLe november 23 2011
8e ComplalnL agalnsL Leslle Conzales

ke|evant Iacts
8ay Carcla Lhe execuLlve asslsLanL of Leslle Conzales vlce resldenL for CorporaLe 8elaLlons of lLA
Company flled a leLLercomplalnL agalnsL Lhe laLLer regardlng sexual harassmenL 1he leLLer was flled
wlLh Lhe resldenL of lLA Company
Alleged ln Lhe leLLercomplalnL of 8ay Carcla are Lhe followlng
Leslle admlLLed llklng hlm when Lhey were on Lhelr way Lo ampanga for a buslness pro[ecL AfLer Lhls
evenL Leslle became nlcer and would spend more Llme wlLh hlm ln a closed door oneonone meeLlng
Lo dlscuss Lhe pro[ecL and would ofLen remove her blazer whlch would reveal lnner blouses havlng a
slmllar deslgn Lo llngerle whlch creaLed an awkward envlronmenL on Lhe parL of 8ay Carcla
Cn anoLher occaslon Leslle offered Lo glve flve Lhousand pesos Lo 8ay buL Lhe laLLer lnlLlally refused Lhe
same whlch resulLed Lo Leslle's sLern volce Accordlng Lo Lhe complalnanL whenever Lhls happens lL ls
lndlcaLlve of her anger Pence Lhe complalnanL accepLed Lhe offer due Lo fear of Leslle geLLlng mad aL
hlm and mlghL affecL hls worklng relaLlonshlp wlLh hls dlrecL superlor Leslle added LhaL Lhe complalnanL
should keep Lhe money and Lo Lell no one regardlng Lhe maLLer due Lo her fear of spreadlng a gosslp
uurlng a celebraLlon ln ampanga wlLh Leslle's Leam lncludlng all of her currenL sLaffs and elghL oLher
members Lhe Leam members were ln a fesLlve mood congraLulaLlng and klsslng each oLher AL LhaL
momenL Leslle suddenly LlghLly hugged and klssed Lhe complalnanL whlch creaLed an awkward slLuaLlon
for 8ay AfLer whlch drlnklng and danclng Look place 1haL was when Leslle lnvlLed 8ay Lo dance wlLh
her 8ay alleges LhaL Leslle lnLenLlonally sLlck her body Lo hlm and hugged Lhe same Also aL LhaL
momenL 8ay complalned LhaL he was already Llred and wanLed Lo slL down buL Leslle LhreaLened hlm
LhaL she would fall hlm ln Lhe performance evaluaLlon
SomeLlme ln lebruary 2011 Leslle asked Lhe complalnanL for some work relaLed maLLer She Lhen
removed her coaL Lo reveal her seeLhrough blouse and gesLured Lo klss hlm leellng awkward Lhe
complalnanL Lrled Lo avold her and moved away from her reLendlng Lo lose her balance she Lhrew
herself and placed her arms around Lhe complalnanL and klssed hlm
AL one lnsLance Leslle scheduled an overLlme work Lo compleLe Lhe model sLrucLure for a pro[ecL When
Lhey were flnlshlng Lhe deslgn Leslle asked !u a [unlor englneer and offlce Lechnlcal asslsLanL Lo go
home leavlng her and Lhe complalnanL aL Lhe offlce she also asked hlm Lo lock Lhe door on hls way ouL
Leavlng Lhe complalnanL no cholce he agreed Lo sLay Lo flnlsh Lhe model deslgn uurlng Lhls lnsLance
Leslle wenL Lo hls back and held hls shoulders and squeezed Lhe same Lhen uLLered Lhe followlng word
aano ba naLln gusLong lLuloy lLo?" Leslle Lhen placed her hand aL 8ay's rlghL shoulder and slldes her
hands Lowards hls rlghL ear Lhen Llckled Lhe same 1he complalnanL Lhen removed her hands and
conLlnued Lo do hls work
Leslle Conzales defended herself regardlng Lhe leLLercomplalnL of 8ay Carcla
Leslle clalms LhaL she ls a very affecLlonaLe person and LreaLs her sLaff Lhe same way she LreaLs her
dearesL frlends
WlLh regard Lo her cloLhes she prefers Lo be ln comforLable cloLhes especlally when formal meeLlngs
are over and durlng overLlme when alrcondlLlonlng ls Lurnedoff
Cn Lhe occaslon LhaL Leslle gave flve Lhousand pesos Lo 8ay she asserLs LhaL she only supporLs Lhe
educaLlonal endeavours of her sLaff lncludlng 8ay Leslle alleges LhaL she also provlded for some
asslsLance before Lo Lllen Sales and Lmlly !awma AdmlnlsLraLlve Manager and llnance Cfflcer
respecLlvely She only dld noL wanL oLhers Lo know abouL Lhls occaslon because some of her sLaff mlghL
conslder lL as favourlLlsm
Cn Lhe danclng and klsslng lncldenL Leslle sLaLes LhaL she pracLlcally hugged and klssed everyone from
Lhe Leam as Lhey were ln a fesLlve occaslon Accordlng Lo her she also danced wlLh oLhers as well
8egardlng Lhe falllng of Lhe performance evaluaLlon Leslle admlLs LhaL belng ln a parLy aLmosphere she
felL llke klddlng around hence Lhe sLaLemenL belng a [oke
llnally on Lhe posLvalenLlne meeLlng she lnslsLs LhaL she only losL her balance resulLlng her Lo fall on
Lhe complalnanL

nthes|s and Ana|s|s
ueflnlLlon of Sexual ParassmenL under SecLlon 3 of 8epubllc AcL 7877
SLC1lCn 3 Work LducaLlon or 1ralnlng 8elaLed Sexual ParassmenL ueflned Work
educaLlon or LralnlngrelaLed sexual harassmenL ls comm|tted b an emp|oer
emp|oee manager superv|sor agent of the emp|oer Leacher lnsLrucLor professor
coach Lralner or any oLher person who hav|ng author|t |nf|uence or mora|
ascendanc over another |n a work or Lralnlng or educaLlon envlronmenL demands
requesLs or oLherwlse requlres any sexual favor from Lhe oLher regardless of wheLher
Lhe demand requesL or requlremenL for submlsslon ls accepLed by Lhe ob[ecL of sald
AcL
%a) ln a workrelaLed or employmenL envlronmenL sexual harassmenL ls commlLLed
when
%1) 1he sexual favor ls made as a condlLlon ln Lhe hlrlng or ln Lhe employmenL re
employmenL or conLlnued employmenL of sald lndlvldual or ln granLlng sald lndlvldual
favorable compensaLlon Lerms of condlLlons promoLlons or prlvlleges or Lhe refusal Lo
granL Lhe sexual favor resulLs ln llmlLlng segregaLlng or classlfylng Lhe employee whlch
ln any way would dlscrlmlnaLe deprlve or dlmlnlsh employmenL opporLunlLles or
oLherwlse adversely affecL sald employee
%2) 1he above acLs would lmpalr Lhe employees rlghLs or prlvlleges under exlsLlng labor
laws or
%3) 1he above acLs would resulL ln an lnLlmldaLlng hosLlle or offenslve envlronmenL for
Lhe employeexxx"
1

ln Lhe case of Aqulno vs AcosLa Lhe Supreme CourL lald down Lhe elemenLs of sexual harassmenL
1) 1he emp|oer emp|oee manager superv|sor agent of the emp|oer Leacher
lnsLrucLor professor coach Lralnor or any oLher person has author|t |nf|uence or
mora| ascendanc over another
2) 1he auLhorlLy lnfluence or moral ascendancy exlsLs ln a worklng envlronmenL
3) 1he employer employee manager supervlsor agenL of Lhe employer Leacher
lnsLrucLor professor coach or any oLher person havlng auLhorlLy lnfluence or moral
ascendancy makes a demand requesL or requlremenL of a sexual favor"
2

ln Lhe complalnL of 8ay Carcla lL ls clear LhaL Lhe flrsL Lwo elemenLs are presenL however Lhe Lhlrd
elemenL of demandlng requesLlng or requlrlng of a sexual favor ls noL clear
Applylng Lhe case of Aqulno vs AcosLa Lhe CourL of Appeals sLaLed Lhe clalm of Lhe complalnanL LhaL
she was sexually harassed lmmedlaLely afLer Lhe flnal readlng of Lhe blll anenL Lhe expanslon of Lhe C1A
aL Lhe SenaLe cannoL be accorded greaL evldenLlary value 1he alleged klsslng lncldenL Look place ln Lhe
presence of oLher people and Lhe same was by reason of Lhe exalLaLlon or happlness of Lhe momenL
due Lo Lhe approval of Lhe sub[ecL blll"
3

1herefore Lhe alleged sexual harassmenL acL of Leslle Conzales Lowards 8ay Carcla durlng Lhe Leam's
celebraLlon ln ampanga cannoL be accorded greaL evldenLlary value as well


1
8epubllc AcL 7877 lebruary 14 1993
2
Aqulno vs AcosLa AM no C1A011 Aprll 2 2002
3
Aqulno vs AcosLa AM no C1A011 Aprll 2 2002

Cn Lhe occaslon LhaL Leslle Conzales offered Lo glve 8ay flve Lhousand pesos Leslle can ask for
LesLlmonlal evldences from boLh Lllen Sales and Lmlly !awma as she sLaLed LhaL she also asslsLed on
Lhelr educaLlonal endeavours
under SecLlon 20 of Lhe 8ules of CourL
#ect|on 20 wltoesses tbelt poollflcotloos LxcepL as provlded ln Lhe nexL succeedlng
secLlon a|| persons who can perce|ve and perce|v|ng can make the|r known
percept|on to others ma be w|tnessesxxx"
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4
8ules of CourL March 14 1989