Wednesday, March 21, 2018, 12:41 a.m. By: Atty. Dennis R. Gorecho The liabilities of the employer when the seafarer suffers work-related injury or illness during the term of his contract include medical treatment apart from disability benefits and sickness allowance. A medically repatriated seafarer, either due to an injury or an illness, should remember that…
Monday, January 15, 2018, 11:31 p.m. By: Atty Dennis R. Gorecho The Supreme Court warned companies from issuing dubious Certificate of Fitness which it described as “a ploy that aims to take advantage of the worker’s lack of sufficient legal knowledge and his desperate circumstances” The Supreme Court ruled in favor of a young seafarer…
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5:52 am Wednesday, September 13, 2017 By: Atty. Dennis R. Gorecho It is settled that the employer has the burden to prove that the dismissal of a seafarer is based on a valid cause. To discharge this burden, the employer must present substantial evidence – or such amount of relevant evidence that a reasonable mind…
4:00 am Wednesday, August 30, 2017 By: Atty. Dennis R. Gorecho A seafarer is considered as suffering permanent total disability if the medical statement of the company doctor is devoid of any definitive declaration as to the seafarer’s capacity to return to work or at least a categorical and final degree of disability. For the courts and labor…
August 21, 2017 SVBB lawyers and staff at the Guimaras Icon. The SVBB Law Offices celebrated its 41st anniversary last August 19 to 22, 2017 in Iloilo City. Partners, lawyers and staff from the head and regional offices converged in Guimaras Island to participate in the 3-day event. The anniversary celebration was highlighted by…
2:35 pm Tuesday, August 15, 2017 By: Atty. Dennis R. Gorecho The original manning agency cannot claim that it will be exempted from liability because it is no longer the manning agency responsible to the dismissed seafarers since the new manning agencies had executed Affidavits of Assumption of Responsibility. In Section 1 of Rule II…
3:30 am Tuesday, August 15, 2017 By: Atty. Dennis R. Gorecho It is settled that the employer has the burden to prove that the dismissal of a seafarer is based on a valid cause. To discharge this burden, the employer must present substantial evidence – or such amount of relevant evidence that a reasonable mind…
4:01 am Tuesday, August 1, 2017 Atty. Dennis R. Gorecho Violations of company policies and regulations are considered valid grounds for dismissal under the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration- Standard Employment Contract (POEA-SEC), which cover any of the following acts: pilferage or theft of ship’s store or cargo; pilferage or theft of ships property of crews or passengers or…
4:12 am Thursday, July 27, 2017 By: Atty. Dennis R. Gorecho Homesickness and/or family problems may result to depression, but the same does not necessarily equate to mental disorder that will enable the heirs to be entitled to death benefits for a seafarer who allegedly committed suicide. This was the ruling of the Supreme Court…