The Employees’ Compensation Commission (ECC) granted a bank employee’s EC disability benefit claim due to her work-related Cervical Dystonia, Cervical Torticollis or chronic stiff neck. The bank employee has been working at the Landbank of the Philippines, Candelaria, Quezon Branch since 1999. In 2005, she experienced progressive pain and stiffness of neck muscles. Consequently, she continue reading : ECC grants bank employee’s appeal due to chronic stiff neck

The Employees’ Compensation Commission (ECC), thru its Regional Extension Unit (REU) 1, recently conducted an orientation on the EC Program during the Department of Health (DOH) Regional Health Cluster Meeting on February 22, 2022. At least 100 participants attended the orientation composed mostly of provincial and municipal health officers from different Local Government Units (LGU) continue reading : ECC orients healthcare officers in Region 1

The Employees’ Compensation Commission (ECC) approved the granting of disability benefits to a depot operator who suffered spine cord injury due to an accident on his way home from their company’s team building activity. On November 4, 2018, the depot operator participated in his company’s team building. After the activity, they went to a nearby continue reading : ECC grants disability benefit to depot operator

The Employees’ Compensation Commission (ECC), an attached agency of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE),  recently reversed the Government Service Insurance System’s  decision denying the employee’s claim for EC  disability benefit on the ground that it was filed beyond the three-year  prescriptive period. A 53 year old employee of Technical Education and Skills Development continue reading : ECC clarifies prescriptive period for filing EC claims

The Employees’ Compensation Commission (ECC) recently announced that workers who acquired work-related Covid19 could claim benefits under the Employees’ Compensation Program regardless of whether they were hospitalized or not. “This is to answer the questions of workers who suffered from Covid due to work but they were not confined in hospitals,” ECC Executive Director Stella continue reading : ECC: Hospitalized or not, workers who acquired work-related Covid19 could claim EC benefits

A 54 year old, resident of Cabuyao Laguna worked as a seafarer from January 1998 until February 2020. Since 2006, he was employed as a chief cook under different contracts by MAERSK Filipinas Crewing, Inc. In 2009, he suffered from Hernia but it was surgically repaired. On June 3, 2018, he sought for medical consultation continue reading : Recurrence of Hernia, compensable under the EC Program

The Employees’ Compensation Commission (ECC) recently reversed the Social Security System’s decision and granted disability benefit to a security guard for his knee amputation. In 2004, a 42-year-old security guard went home earlier than his usual working hours. He was about to board a Calamba – Batasan jeepney when another jeepney lost its brakes and continue reading : Security guard wins appeal at ECC

As of 14 January 2022, a total of 46,382 government employees from different government agencies in the Philippines have received EC benefits due to work-related Covid19 from the Employees’ Compensation Commission (ECC) thru its implementing agency – the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS). Since the Covid19 pandemic hit the country in the first quarter of continue reading : More than 46k government employees with Covid receive EC benefits

The Employees’ Compensation Commission (ECC) recently ruled in favor of a seafarer for his work-connected cardiac problem secondary to hypertension. Appellant worked as a seafarer for years. His 2018 medical fitness certificate showed that he was “fit” to work, although it was noted that he was under maintenance medication for hypertension. In his medical self-declaration, continue reading : ECC approves disability benefit to seafarer

“Balbaleg a salamat.” (Maraming salamat) Ito ang masayang sambit ni Aldeon Glen Garin, 28, ng Bonuan Boquig, Dagupan City matapos niyang tanggapin ang libreng Hip Knee Ankle Foot Orthosis (bilateral) bilang tulong sa kanya ng Employees’ Compensation Commission (ECC). Iginawad ang orthosis kay Garin na nagkakahalaga ng ₱160,000.00 nitong ika-19 ng Enero bilang bahagi ng continue reading : Sa tulong ng ECC, minerong naaksidente sa trabaho, nabigyan ng libreng orthosis