Practice question
A seafarer must remain aboard for the contract and is injured while making reasonable use of the required accommodation after duty. The employer's only objection is that the duty shift had ended. Is that objection conclusive?
- Yes; clocking out always removes every employment connection.
- No; required residence may bring reasonable use within the bunkhouse rule despite the hour.
- Yes; only injuries during engine maintenance can ever qualify.
- No; it proves automatic entitlement to maximum disability benefits.
- The worker must own the vessel to invoke the rule.
Legal references
- Arriesgado v Multinational Maritime, G.R. 275424, April 29 2026, main opinion: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/1/70389
- Arguilles v Wilhelmsen Smith Bell Manning, G.R. 254586, July 10 2023, main opinion: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2023/jul2023/gr_254586_2023.html
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