Permanent total disability cannot be legally presumed since the company-designated doctor has not declared that the seafarer is not fit to work within the 240-day period, […]
Serious misconduct to be valid ground for dismissal, the following must concur: (a) the misconduct must be serious; (b) it must relate to the performance of […]
Labor issues are not far away from every company. Where there are workers there will always be labor concerns. Just imagine the number of complainants in […]
Holiday pay computation for November 30, 2017 or Bonifacio Day is provided by the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) under Labor Advisory 15, Series of […]
Presumption of compensability, as differentiated from presumption of work-relatedness, is not accorded in favor of the seafarer. As such, he bears the burden of proving that […]
Alien Employment Permit (AEP) is not an exclusive authority for a foreign national to work in the Philippines. Pursuant to the provisions of Article 5, 40, […]
Heavy workload of counsel is hardly a compelling or meritorious reason for availing a motion for extension of time to file a petition for certiorari. Thus, […]
Medical findings made by the company-designated physicians who conducted an extensive examination on the seafarer prevail over that of private physician’s who saw him on only […]
