National Seafarersâ Day 2018
THE 23RDÂ National Seafarersâ Day (NSD) is all set on Sept. 30, 2018.
NSD is celebrated every last Sunday of September as a tribute to our...
Seafarerâs repatriation on compassionate grounds
AS A GENERAL rule, the employment of the seafarer shall cease when the he completes his period of contractual service aboard the ship, signs-off...
Timeliness of the third doctor referral in seafarerâs cases
THE PHILIPPINE Overseas Employment Administrationâs (POEA) contract does not require a specific period within which the parties in a case involving a seafarerâs disability...
Disputable presumption in seafarerâs claims
A SEAFARERâS illness will be considered work-connected if the company doctor makes an unsubstantiated assessment of the nature of seafarerâs illness.
This was the ruling...
Leptospirosis in the seafaring industry
BECAUSE of their workâs nature, seafarers are bound to visit many ports in different parts of the world and are thus exposed to various pandemic...
Hypertension as a seafarerâs illness
THE JOB of a seafarer is not exactly a walk in the park. One with a serious medical condition like uncontrolled hypertension is âa...
Extension of seafarerâs contract
SEAFARERS are considered contractual employees. Their employment is governed by the Standard Employment Contract (SEC) they sign and duly approved by the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA)...
Blacklisting as an industry retaliatory practice
MANY Filipino seafarers are reluctant to file complaints against their manning agents due to the so-called âblacklistingâ, a practice used to prevent certain seafarers...
Mutiny and seafarerâs dismissal
IN SOME instances, Filipino seafarers who aggressively assert their rights are wrongfully accused of mutiny, leading to the early termination of their contract by...
When leukemia strikes
FOR A DISABILITY claim to prosper, a seafarer suffering from leukemia only needs to show that his work and contracted illness have a reasonable linkage...