The Employees’ Compensation Commission (ECC) represented by Deputy Executive Director Atty.Jonathan Villasoto provided valuable insights and information on the Employees’ Compensation Program (ECP) during the Disability Evaluation Forum: A Case Digest organized by the Philippine College of Occupational Medicine (PCOM) Baguio-Benguet Chapter in collaboration with the Negros Occidental Chapter in August 2021. More than a continue reading : ECC makes headway at the PCOM forum

Tuguegarao City, Cagayan – “Bakit ngayon lang po namin ito nalaman Ma’am, 20 years na po ako sa serbisyo?” said one of the participants. In March 2021, the Employees’ Compensation Commission (ECC) conducted an online orientation about the EC Program (ECP) over Google Meet for the non-teaching officials of DepEd Cagayan and the principals of continue reading : DepEd officials surprise with ECC Benefits

“Habang buhay akong magpapasalamat sa Employees’ Compensation Commission (ECC),” ang pahayag ni Rodrigo Andaya Jr. ng San Juan, La Union dahil sa tulong na naibigay sa kanya ng ECC matapos ang kanyang pagkaaksidente nang dahil sa trabaho. Noong Septyembre 2019, nakatanggap ng Php 20,000.00 bilang livelihood starter kit si Andaya sa ECC bilang panimula para continue reading : Karpintero, gumanda ang buhay dahil sa ECC

With the challenges brought by the pandemic, the Employees’ Compensation Commission – Regional Extension Unit No. 10 successfully managed in conducting a livelihood seminar to 12 Persons with Work-related Disabilities (PWRDs) in Cagayan de Oro City in March, 2021. The 12 PWRDs, who are from Cagayan de Oro City and Misamis Oriental, are beneficiaries of continue reading : ECC program beneficiaries undergo livelihood seminar in Cagayan de Oro City

Following the release of Board Resolution No. 21-04-14 on the Conditions for the Compensability of COVID-19 under the ECC List of Occupational and Work-Related Diseases or Annex A of the Amended Rules on Employees’ Compensation (EC), more and more frontliners have received their benefits under the EC Program (ECP). Under the said Resolution, a worker continue reading : Frontliners in Eastern Visayas receive 10k Cash Assistance from ECC

With its intensified information campaign, the Employees’ Compensation Commission Regional Extension Unit Eight (ECC-REU 8) has continuously worked with the Occupational Safety and Health Center and its accredited safety training organizations in an effort to boost and promote the widespread information regarding the Employees’ Compensation (EC) Program. From January to June 2021, the ECC REU8, continue reading : ECC REU8 orients 639 would-be safety officers for first half of 2021

The Employees’ Compensation Commission (ECC) Regional Extension Unit (REU) 8 has partnered with the officers of the National Nutrition Council Employees’ Association to expand awareness of its members on the Employees’ Compensation Program (ECP). In a webinar conducted on June 29, 2021, ECC Information Officer Michelle C. Basal of ECC REU 8 discussed the salient continue reading : ECC boosts ECP awareness with the National Nutrition Council Employees’ Association Members

The Employees’ Compensation Commission Regional Extension Unit X1 represented by Administrative Officer Franscheline Loayan granted a hand prosthesis to Harrison Barriga, a miner of Apex Mining Corporation under its Katulong at Gabay sa Manggagawang may Kapansanan (KaGabay) Program on July 2, 2021 at the Department of Labor and Employment XI, Davao City ECC KaGabay Program continue reading : ECC grants hand prosthesis to a miner in Davao City

The Employees’ Compensation Commission through its Regional Extension Unit in Davao Region handed a total of P1.35 million cash assistance to 135 COVID-19 survivors on June 23, 2021 at the DOLE Regional Office in Davao. The recipients were all frontline workers in the public sector who contracted COVID-19 in the performance of their duties. Aside continue reading : ECC distributes 1.35M cash assistance to COVID-19 victims in Davao Region

The Employees’ Compensation Commission (ECC) eases the prescriptive period in the filing of Employees’ Compensation claims nationwide as the country continues to face the threat and challenges brought by the CoViD-19 pandemic. On May 20, 2021, ECC issued Board Resolution (B.R.) No. 21-05-17 further easing the prescriptive period in the filing of EC claims through continue reading : ECC eases prescriptive period due to COVID-19 pandemic