 The Employees Compensation Commission awarded P10,000 cash assistance each to five workers of Chuzon Supermarket in Porac, Pampanga who were severely injured during the magnitude 6.1 earthquake that hit Luzon on April 22. Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III, Pampanga Governor Lilia Pineda together with ECC Executive Director Stella Zipagan-Banawis personally distributed the cash assistance to continue reading : Injured workers of Chuzon Supermarket in Pampanga receives EC cash assistance
Helper gets EC sickness benefits due to head injury
“Noong nagkamalay ako, naiyak po ako dahil sa nangyari pero sa kabila nito, masaya pa rin ako dahil sa binigyan pa ako ng pangalawang buhay,†said Larry Pascua of Banbanaal, Banayoyo, Ilocos Sur while sharing his experience to the Employees’ Compensation Commission-Regional Extension Unit 1 staff, after he met a work-related accident. Pascua, 36 year-old continue reading : Helper gets EC sickness benefits due to head injury
Uniformed personnel receive Cash Assistance from ECC
The Employees’ Compensation Commission recently awarded P10,000.00 cash assistance each to five uniformed personnel who were wounded in action during the Marawi Siege in 2017 at the ECC Regional Extension Unit 2 office, Tuguegarao City, Cagayan. Recipients of the cash assistance include Cpl. Jeffrey T. Lina, Cpl. Jerome P. Rull, SSG. Darwin Ramos and Cpl. continue reading : Uniformed personnel receive Cash Assistance from ECC
Trade union officers and members learn ECP
Tuguegarao City, Cagayan – In order to increase workers awareness on the Employees’ Compensation Program (ECP), the ECC Regional Extension Unit 2 in partnership with DOLE Cagayan recently conducted an ECP orientation among trade union officers and members in Region 2. The 3-day activity aimed to capacitate union officers and members on the different labor continue reading : Trade union officers and members learn ECP
Board Resolution No. 19-03-05 Promulgating the Policy on Expanding the Coverage of the Employee’ Compensation Program (ECP) to the Self-Employed Compulsory Members of the SSS
Promulgating the Policy on Expanding the Coverage of the Employees’ Compensation Program (ECP) to the Self-Employed Compulsory Members of the SSS  WHEREAS, Article II, Section 18 of the 1987 Constitution provides: “The State affirms labor as a primary social economic force. It shall protect the rights of workers and promote their welfare.†(emphasis supplied) continue reading : Board Resolution No. 19-03-05 Promulgating the Policy on Expanding the Coverage of the Employee’ Compensation Program (ECP) to the Self-Employed Compulsory Members of the SSS
GOOD NEWS: APRIL 2019
ECC coaches regional information officers to be better writers To better achieve productivity in good news writing among its regional information officers, ECC recently organized a one-day seminar on news writing, media relations, crisis communication and photojournalism at the ECC Central Office, Makati. DOLE Information and Publication Service (IPS) Division Chief Gerry S. Rubio facilitated continue reading : GOOD NEWS: APRIL 2019
ECC to hold free ECP advocacy seminar in Boac, Marinduque
To ensure at all times that workers are informed of their rights, benefits and privileges under the Employees’ Compensation Program (ECP), the Employees’ Compensation Commission (ECC) will conduct its first ECP Advocacy Seminar in Boac, Marinduque, on 24 April 2019 at the Balar Hotel & Spa. More than 100 participants, composed mostly of employers, human continue reading : ECC to hold free ECP advocacy seminar in Boac, Marinduque
No increase in EC contribution despite SSS contribution hike
The Employees’ Compensation Commission (ECC) recently announced that there will be no increase in the Employees’ Compensation (EC) contribution amidst the increase in the contribution rates of the covered members of the Social Security System effective 1 April 2019. ECC Executive Director Stella Zipagan-Banawis said that the EC contribution, which is paid by the employers continue reading : No increase in EC contribution despite SSS contribution hike
Self-employed SSS members now covered under the EC Program
Labor and Employment Secretary and ECC Chairperson Silvestre H. Bello III recently announced that the benefits and services of the Employees’ Compensation Program (ECP) have been extended to self-employed compulsory members of the Social Security System (SSS). “We recognize that most self-employed members of the SSS are also workers who need to be protected in continue reading : Self-employed SSS members now covered under the EC Program
CIRCULAR NO. 2019-01
CIRCULAR NO. 2019-01 ADVISORY ON THE AMOUNT OF EC CONTRIBUTION RELATIVE TO THE INCREASE IN SS MONTHLY SALARY CREDIT (MSC)  The following advisory on the amount of EC contribution is hereby issued in relation to the increase in the minimum and maximum monthly salary credit (MSC) of SSS effective April 2019: a. The latest issuance continue reading : CIRCULAR NO. 2019-01