Table 4: Number of OFW parties to the OFW cases, by sex (2015-2019)
CATEGORY
Male
Female
Total
3.4
2015
46 (92%)
4 (8%)
50 OFWs
2016
48 (55.81%)
38 (44.19%)
86 OFWs
2017
71 (87.65%)
10 (12.35%)
81 OFWs
2018
48 (87.27%)
7 (12.73%)
55 OFWs
2019
46 (82.14%)
10 (17.86%)
56 OFWs
Number of OFW parties to the cases by sex and by general OFW category (20152019)
Female OFW party-litigants represent 52.71% of the total number of landbased OFW
party-litigants while male OFWs account for 47.29% of the total number of landbased OFW
party-litigants. Broken down by general category of OFWs, males account for almost 100%
of the seabased OFW party-litigants for the period 2015-2019. There was only one 2016 case
which involved one female seabased worker.
Table 5: Number of OFW parties, by general category and by sex (2015-2019)
CATEGORY
Landbased
Seabased
Total
5.5
2015
4 females
8 males
38 males
0 female
50 OFWs
2016
37 females
25 males
23 males
1 female
86 OFWs
2017
10 females
22 males
49 males
0 female
81 OFWs
2018
7 females
5 males
43 males
0 female
55 OFWs
2019
10 females
1 male
45 males
0 female
56 OFWs
OFW cases classified per nature of main causes of action (2015-2019)
In Table 6, the OFW cases decided by the Supreme Court for the period 2015-2019
were classified per nature of the main causes of action as follows:
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
(f)
claims for total or partial disability benefits filed exclusively by seabased OFWs;
claims for death benefits filed exclusively by seabased OFWs;
illegal dismissal cases, which included claims for non-payment of wages and benefits,
and claims for damages and attorney’s fees ancillary to the main cause of action;
claims for damages that were filed as an independent action in the regular courts;
criminal cases for illegal recruitment and estafa committed against applicant OFWs;
and
cases or petitions involving the constitutionality or validity of a law or regulation
concerning overseas employment.
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