Hi thank you for the advice! We need help on what is the right thing to do, our "kasambahay" was being filed with theft by our neighbor but she was not the one who committed it.
She was asked by our neighbor (the employer) if she know someone she can refer to them to be their housemaid.
When she found a young "maid" for them they agree to send the amount of four thousand (4,ooo) pesos as ticket fare for she will be coming from Iloilo going to Baguio.
After the maid worked for two months for our neighbor, this maid left and allegedly took an amount of 10,900 pesos from them. And never went back, according to our neighbor (the employer).
Now, they are filing theft against our 'kasambahay' because according to them she was the one who refered the maid to them.But she did not receive any amount and was never able to contact the maid. Our neighbor (the employer and complainant) wants our "kasambahay" to pay the four thousand which was used as ticket fare. If she will not pay this amount they would also asked her to pay the 10,900 taken by the maid and will bring this case to court.
Is it right for her to pay this amount and file a theft case against her? She already been summoned at the local barangay and they are also insisting of the same response from our kasambahay.
There was no official written contract between our neighbor and our kasambahay. Only verbal agreement. And the people who knew the maid from Iloilo received a commission of 1,200 pesos only. Our kasambahay is willing to pay this back.
we need advice on what legal action to do, and what is the violation our kasambahay has done with regards to this matter. Thank you!