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Millares vs NLRC: Seafarer Employment Status by olofuzyatotz is a document available to read on EtoBox.
The Supreme Court ruled that seafarers are considered contractual employees, not regular employees under Article 280 of the Labor Code. Their employment is governed by the contracts they sign for fixed periods, and ends when the contract expires. This case involved two seafarers, Millares and Lagda, who were denied retirement benefits because as contractual employees with Esso International, their employment ended after their contracts expired and they did not return. The Court cited previous cases and said
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