6/7/2020 E-Library - Information At Your Fingertips: Printer Friendly [58] See rollo, pp. 97-98; see also Maersk-Filipinas Crewing, Inc. v. Avestruz, supra note 46, at 321-322. [59] AN ACT TO INSTITUTE THE POLICIES OF OVERSEAS EMPLOYMENT AND ESTABLISH A HIGHER STANDARD OF PROTECTION AND PROMOTION OF THE WELFARE OF MIGRANT WORKERS, THEIR FAMILIES AND OVERSEAS FILIPINOS IN DISTRESS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES, June 7, 1995. [60] AN ACT AMENDING REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8042, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE MIGRANT WORKERS AND OVERSEAS FILIPINOS ACT OF 1995, As AMENDED, FURTHER IMPROVING THE STANDARD OF PROTECTION AND PROMOTION OF THE WELFARE OF MIGRANT WORKERS, THEIR FAMILIES AND OVERSEAS FILIPINOS IN DISTRESS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES, March 8, 2010. [61] 601 Phil. 245 (2009). [62] The Court in Serrano v. Gallant Maritime Services, Inc. (id. at 306), declared as unconstitutional the clause "or for three months for every year of the unexpired term, whichever is less" provided in the 5th paragraph of Section 10 of RA 8042, for being violative of the equal protection clause of the Constitution. (Maersk-Filipinas Crewing, Inc. v. Avestruz, supra note 46, at 322). [63] See Maersk-Filipinas Crewing, Inc. v. Avestruz, id.; Tangga-an v. Philippine Transmarine Carriers, Inc., 706 Phil. 339, 352-354 (2013) and Skippers United Pacific, Inc. v. Doza, 681 Phil. 427, 445 (2012). 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/1/63428 11/11