6/7/2020 E-Library - Information At Your Fingertips: Printer Friendly [2] Id. at 27-28. [3] Id. at 176. [4] Id. at 16. [5] Id. [6] Id. at 177. [7] Id. [8] Id. at 97. [9] Id. at 90-92. [10] Id. at 45. [11] Hanseatic Shipping Philippines Inc. v. Ballon, G.R. No. 212764, September 9, 2015: Olidana v. Jebsens Maritime, Inc., G.R. No. 215313, October 21, 2015; MaerskFilipinas Crewing, Inc. v. Mesina, G.R. No. 200837, June 5, 2013, 697 SCRA 601, 619, citing Fil-Star Maritime Corporation v. Rosete, 677 Phil. 262, 273-274 (2011). [12] Now Article 198 (c) (1) based on the renumbered Labor Code, per DOLE Department Advisory No. 01, Series of 2015. [13] G.R. No. 172933, October 6, 2008, 567 SCRA 610. [14] 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: x x x 3. Upon sign-off from the vessel for medical treatment, the seafarer is entitled to sickness allowance equivalent to his basic wage until be 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 postemployment 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. Failure of the seafarer to comply witl1 the mandatory reporting requirement shall result in his forfeiture of the right to claim the above benefits. If a doctor appointed by the seafarer disagrees with the assessment, a third doctor may be agreed jointly between the elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocsfriendly/1/62831 14/16

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