E-Library - Information At Your Fingertips: Printer Friendly 15 of 18 http://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocsfriendly/1/57858 [41] Rollo, p. 13. [42] 135 Phil. 95 (1968). [43] Id. at 97-98. [44] Rollo, pp. 120-121. [45] 366 Phil. 646 (1999). [46] Id. at 654-655. [47] Rollo, pp. 156-157 [48] Id. at 41. See also id. at 46 and 255-256. [49] Id. at 156. [50] Id. at 49 and 156. [51] 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: 1. The employer shall continue to pay the seafarer his wages during the time he is on board the vessel; 2. If the injury or illness requires medical and/or dental treatment in a foreign port, the employer shall be liable for the full cost of such medical, serious dental, surgical and hospital treatment as well as board and lodging until the seafarer is declared fit to work or to be repatriated. However, if after repatriation, the seafarer still requires medical attention arising from said injury or illness, he shall be so provided at cost to the employer until such time he is declared fit to work or the degree of his disability has been established by the company-designated physician. 3. Upon sign-off from the vessel for medical treatment, the seafarer is entitled to sickness allowance equivalent to his basic wage until he 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 post-employment medical 3/27/2020, 12:51 PM