The Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP) paid a courtesy call to the Employees’ Compensation Commission on 6 March 2013 in order to explore areas of cooperation and collaboration for the benefit of the workers. The TUCP team led by its president Victorino F. Balais and General Secretary Gerard R. Seno, also introduced the continue reading : Trade Union Congress of the Philippines visits ECC

The Employees’ Compensation Commission (ECC) recently amended the conditions for compensability of pneumoconiosis, pneumonia, bronchial asthma, asbestosis, and other lung diseases. The new conditions for compensability of the said diseases are the following: For pneumoconiosis, the worker must have been exposed to mineral dust subject to the condition that it will be supported by pertinent continue reading : ECC provides new conditions for compensability of lung ailments and adds two other lung diseases in the list of occupational and work-related diseases

The Employees’ Compensation Commission (ECC), an attached agency of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), together with DOLE Region 10, will conduct an Employees’ Compensation Program (ECP) and DOLE Livelihood and Skills Seminar at the MallBerry Suites Business Hotel in Cagayan de Oro City, on February 28, 2013. This is in line with the continue reading : ECC converges with DOLE Region 10 to conduct an advocacy seminar in Cagayan de Oro City

The KaGabay Beneficiary Mrs. Evelyn Ruth Soriano of Pasig City, was then the picture of a contented wife and mother, while working professionally in a private hospital. She was happily married to Mr. Melvyn Soriano and blessed with 3 kids all of minor ages. Her husband worked at a private company before but decided to continue reading : From Despair to Hope: A Midwife’s Rise to Action

Marcial Rodaje, a 39 year-old resident of Caloocan City, was employed as a mechanic at the Solid Tech. Services, an engine rebuilding company in Caloocan City, when the beam of the fixed crane he was repairing accidentally fell, severing his right arm. The incident happened on October 2, 2009, when Rodaje, together with a fellow continue reading : ECC does not only provide benefits, but also hope, says worker

On January 4, 2010, on his way to work on the first working day of the year, Wilito Tulio, a 58 year- old resident of Caloocan City, met an accident while on board a passenger bus which resulted in the amputation of his right arm. Mr. Tulio had been working at the ECCO Printing Press continue reading : The ECC has opened livelihood doors for me, says worker