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[49] A. 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 x (Emphasis supplied)
[50] De Leon v. Maunlad Trans, Inc., 805 Phil. 531, 539 (2017).
[51] 2010 POEA-SEC, Definition of Terms (16).
[52] See Romana v. Magsaysay Maritime Corporation, G.R. No. 192442, August 9,
2017, 836 SCRA 151.
[53] A. 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:
xxxx
3. In addition to the above obligation of the employer to provide medical
attention, the seafarer shall also receive sickness allowance from his
employer x x x
xxxx
For this purpose, the seafarer shall submit himself to post
employment 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. In
the course of the treatment, the seafarer shall also report regularly
to the company-designated physician specifically on the dates as
prescribed by the company-designated physician and agreed by the
seafarer. Failure of the seafarer to comply with the mandatory
reporting requirement shall result in his forfeiture of the right to
claim the above benefits. (Emphasis and underscoring supplied)
[54] Aldaba v. Career Philippines Ship-Management, Inc., 811 Phil. 486, 498 (2017).
[55] Legal Heirs of the Late Edwin B. Deauna v. Fil-Star Maritime Corp., 688 Phil. 582,
591 (2012).
[56] See id. at 592.
[57] Jebsens Maritime, Inc. and/or Alliance Marine Services, Ltd v. Undag, 678 Phil.
938, 946-947 (2011), citing Cootauco v. MMS Phil. Maritime Services, Inc., 629 Phil.
506, 519 (2010); Wallem Maritime Services, Inc. v. Tanawan, 693 Phil. 416, 430
(2012); Andrada v. Agemar Manning Agency, Inc., 698 Phil. 170, 184 (2012).
[58] Rollo, p. 241.
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