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[2] Id. at 27-28.
[3] Id. at 176.
[4] Id. at 16.
[5] Id.
[6] Id. at 177.
[7] Id.
[8] Id. at 97.
[9] Id. at 90-92.
[10] Id. at 45.
[11] Hanseatic Shipping Philippines Inc. v. Ballon, G.R. No. 212764, September 9,
2015: Olidana v. Jebsens Maritime, Inc., G.R. No. 215313, October 21, 2015;
MaerskFilipinas Crewing, Inc. v. Mesina, G.R. No. 200837, June 5, 2013, 697 SCRA
601, 619, citing Fil-Star Maritime Corporation v. Rosete, 677 Phil. 262, 273-274
(2011).
[12] Now Article 198 (c) (1) based on the renumbered Labor Code, per DOLE
Department Advisory No. 01, Series of 2015.
[13] G.R. No. 172933, October 6, 2008, 567 SCRA 610.
[14] B. COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS FOR INJURY OR ILLNESS
The liabilities of the employer when the seafarer suffers work-related injury or illness
during the term of his contract are as follows: x x x
3. Upon sign-off from the vessel for medical treatment, the seafarer is entitled to
sickness allowance equivalent to his basic wage until be is declared fit to work or the
degree of permanent disability has been assessed by the company-designated
physician but in no case shall this period exceed one hundred twenty (120) days. For
this purpose, the seafarer shall submit himself to a postemployment medical
examination by a company-designated physician within three working days upon his
return except when he is physically incapacitated to do so, in which case, a written
notice to the agency within the same period is deemed as compliance. Failure of the
seafarer to comply witl1 the mandatory reporting requirement shall result in his
forfeiture of the right to claim the above benefits. If a doctor appointed by the seafarer
disagrees with the assessment, a third doctor may be agreed jointly between the
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