of its ending caseload were 1 to 6 months old and only 1% of their total caseload were 7 months or older. Segregated data for the age of OFW caseloads was not available in the report. Table 7: Age of Ending Caseloads of the NLRC in 2019 source: National Labor Relations Commission Performance Report 2019 In the Judiciary Annual Report 2019,44 the Supreme Court reported a caseload of 14,764 cases with 5,792 cases disposed of within the year, resulting to a Case Disposal Rate of 39%45 while the Court of Appeals reported a caseload of 34,159 cases with 13,002 cases disposed of within the year, resulting to a Case Disposal Rate of 38%. Data for the age of caseloads were not available in the annual report. In order to determine if the prescribed periods for resolution of OFW cases are adhered to at the levels of the Labor Arbiter, NLRC, Court of Appeals and the Supreme Court, the 202 OFW cases involving “claims arising out of an employer-employee relationship or by virtue of any law or contract involving Filipino workers for overseas deployment including claims for actual, moral, exemplary and other forms of damages,” inclusive of claims for disability and death benefits for the period 2015 to 2019 were examined. 44 45 Supreme Court of the Republic of the Philippines, “The Judiciary Annual Report 2019” https://sc.judiciary.gov.ph/files/annual-reports/JAR-2019.pdf total number of cases disposed of in 2019/total caseload (pending cases + new cases) in 2019 21