8/26/2020 E-Library - Information At Your Fingertips: Printer Friendly [102] Id. at 150-152. [103] CONST., art. XIII, sec. 3 provides: SECTION 3. The State shall afford full protection to labor, local and overseas, organized and unorganized, and promote full employment and equality of employment opportunities for all. It shall guarantee the rights of all workers to self-organization, collective bargaining and negotiations, and peaceful concerted activities, including the right to strike in accordance with law. They shall be entitled to security of tenure, humane conditions of work, and a living wage. They shall also participate in policy and decision-making processes affecting their rights and benefits as may be provided by law. The State shall promote the principle of shared responsibility between workers and employers and the preferential use of voluntary modes in settling disputes, including conciliation, and shall enforce their mutual compliance therewith to foster industrial peace. The State shall regulate the relations between workers and employers, recognizing the right of labor to its just share in the fruits of production and the right of enterprises to reasonable returns on investments, and to expansion and growth. [104] LABOR CODE, art. 4 provides: ARTICLE 4. Construction in favor of labor. — All doubts in the implementation and interpretation of the provisions of this Code, including its implementing rules and regulations, shall be resolved in favor of labor. [105] CIVIL CODE, art. 1702 provides: ARTICLE 1702. In case of doubt, all labor legislation and all labor contracts shall be construed in favor of the safety and decent living for the laborer. [106] Malabunga, Jr. v. Cathay Pacific Steel Corporation, 759 Phil. 458, 479 (2015) [Per J. Del Castillo, Second Division] citing Asuncion v. National Commission, 414 Phil. 329 (2001) [Per J. Kapunan, First Division]. Labor Relations [107] Philippine Overseas Employment Administration-Standard Employment Contract (2010), sec. 20(A)(3) provides: 3. In addition to the above obligation of the employer to provide medical attention, the seafarer shall also receive sickness allowance from his employer in an amount equivalent to his basic wage computed from the time he signed off until he is declared fit to work or the degree of disability has been assessed by the company-designated physician. The period within which the seafarer shall be entitled to his sickness https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocsfriendly/1/65333 21/22