Learn the requirements for validly placing an employee on floating status.
Tag: 2019-04
A Long-Standing Practice
Find out how this employee successfully claimed retirement benefits despite the employer’s lack of a written retirement plan.
Seafarer’s Obligation to Comply with His Medical Treatment
What effect would a refusal on the part of the seafarer to comply with his medical treatment have on his claim for disability benefits?
Managerial Employees’ Entitlement to Optional Retirement Benefits under a Collective Bargaining Agreement
May the managerial employees in this case be entitled to optional retirement benefits under a collective bargaining agreement?
Extent of Disability vs. Determination of Fitness for Sea Duty
The Supreme Court clarified the 120/240 day rule with regard to the extent of the disability of the seafarer as against the company-designated physician’s duty to issue a final medical assessment.
The Party Who Secures the Opinion of a Third Doctor
In case the doctor appointed by the seafarer disagrees with the assessment of the company-designated physician, who has the duty to secure the opinion of a third doctor?
