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The 120/240 day rule on seafarer’s disability cases

Jul 11, 2017P OAdmiralty News120/240 days, admiralty disability, company designated physician, compensation, illness, injury, medical benefits, medical repatriation, pinoy seafarers, POEA Contract, Seafarer, Seafarer lawyer, seafarers rights

12:36 am Tuesday, July 11, 2017 By: Atty. Dennis R. Gorecho The number of days under medication is a significant element in determining the disability benefits of a seafarer who was a medically repatriated. The seafarer’s standard employment contract of the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) enumerates under Section 20(A) (3) the three classes of benefits the…

Medical attention on board ship

1:50pm February 10, 2017 By: Atty. Dennis R. Gorecho The experience of a Korean seafarer posted by Humans at Sea focused on inaction of the owner after he suffered an accident while on board the vessel during the effectivity of his employment contract. The owner refused to send him to a doctor despite…