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When can a disability be considered compensable?

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For disability to be compensable, two elements must concur:

• the injury or illness must be work-related; and
• the work-related injury or illness must have existed during the term of the employee’s employment contract.

 

Guerrero vs. Philippine Transmarine Carriers, G.R. No. 222523, October 03, 2018, [882 SCRA 139]

 

 

 

 

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Can the 120-day period of temporary total disability be extended?

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If the 120-day period is exceeded and no definitive declaration is made because the employee requires further medical attention, then the temporary total disability period may be extended up to a maximum of 240 days, subject to the right of the employer to declare within this period that a permanent partial or total disability already exists.

 

Gamboa vs. Maunlad Trans, G.R. No. 232905, August 20, 2018, [878 SCRA 180]

 

 

 

 

 

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If an ailment was contracted by a worker prior to his employment, would he still be entitled to compensation benefits?

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Even assuming that the ailment of the worker was contracted prior to his employment, this still would not deprive him of compensation benefits.

 

Skippers United Pacific Inc., vs. Lagne, G.R. No. 217036, August 20, 2018, [878 SCRA 86]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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What law governs the change of first name?

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The governing law on changes of first name is currently Republic Act No. 10172 – An Act Further Authorizing the City or Municipal Civil Registrar or the Consul General to Correct Clerical or Typographical Errors in the Day and Month in the Date of Birth or Sex of a Person Appearing in the Civil Register Without Need of a Judicial Order.

 

Republic vs. Gallo, G.R. No. 207074, January 17, 2018, [851 SCRA 570]