5/28/2020 E-Library - Information At Your Fingertips: Printer Friendly The liabilities of the employer when the seafarer suffers work-related injury or illness during the term of his contract are as follows: xxxx 6. In case of permanent total or partial disability of the seafarer caused by either injury or illness, the seafarer shall be compensated in accordance with the schedule of benefits enumerated under Section 32 of the Contract. x x x The disability shall be based solely on the disability gradings provided under Section 32 of this Contract, and shall not be measured or determined by the number of days a seafarer is under treatment or the number of days in which sickness allowance is paid. [emphases and underscore ours] [36] See the following cases where the Court awarded the seafarer sickness allowance in addition to medical treatment to be provided by the employers at their cost: C.F. Sharp Crew Management, Inc. v. Taok, G.R. No. 193679, July 18, 2012, 677 SCRA 296; Varorient Shipping Co., Inc. v. Flores, G.R. No. 161934, October 6, 2010, 632 SCRA 274; De Jesus v. National Labor Relations Commission, 557 Phil. 260 (2007); and OSM Shipping Phil., Inc. v. Dela Cruz, 490 Phil. 392 (2005). Source: Supreme Court E-Library This page was dynamically generated by the E-Library Content Management System (E-LibCMS) elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocsfriendly/1/57200 13/13