An onsite lecture on the Employees’ Compensation Program (ECP) was conducted by the ECC-REU 13 on December 17, 2019 at the Overseas Workers Welfare Association (OWWA) 13 Training Hall in Butuan City, Agusan del Norte. Discussed in the lecture by Information Officer ll, Sandee V. Mocorro, are the benefits and services that an employee can continue reading : OWWA, NCRO13 employees attend ECP orientation

A 45-year-old seafarer thought he could no longer provide for his family after an accident at work until he found out about ECC. For 23 years, Ruel C. Espulgar from Iloilo City worked as a seafarer for a maritime company. But after his accident, he was told he could no longer go back to work. continue reading : Ilonggo seafarers receive P214k-worth of EC benefits

“Akala ko, hindi na ako makakabangon ulit. Salamat sa ECC,” said 48-year-old Tito Z. Vigo. Tito Z. Vigo, a 48-year-old seafarer working as a motorman for a shipping company met an accident in 2018, while working. The accident happened when he asked his fellow motorman to assist him in lifting the drilling pipe. Unfortunately, his continue reading : Former ‘motorman’ now runs a sari-sari store

“I could only remember two things that day: The dazzling light of the motorcycle and the loud bang the moment it hit me,” said Ronald M. Inao. Things are still vivid for the 40-year-old aircon technician from Roxas City who was just waiting for his co-workers after rendering an overtime work when a fast approaching continue reading : Aircon Technician gets 107k-worth of EC benefit

The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA), through its 2018 Occupational Wages Survey (OWS) and the 2017/2018 Integrated Survey on Labor and Employment (ISLE), reported that 87.3 percent or 28,189 establishments with 20 or more workers are aware of the Employees’ Compensation Program (ECP). In the survey results presented by PSA, where the ECP was a rider continue reading : PSA Survey says: 87 percent aware of ECP

In line with the campaign to end violence against women and children, the Employees’ Compensation Commission (ECC) employees, thru the initiative of the Appeals Chief Atty. E. Patrice Jamaine T. Barron, conducted a seminar on Violence Against Women and Children on December 09, 2019 at the ECC Multi-Purpose Hall. Eighty-six (86) personnel of ECC’s six continue reading : ECC employees participate on VAWC orientation

The Employees’ Compensation Commission, as part of its mission to ensure at all times that workers are informed of their rights and benefits under PD 626, as amended, otherwise known as the Employees’ Compensation and State Insurance Fund, will hold its first ever EC Program Advocacy Seminar in Bangued, Abra on December 04, 2019 at continue reading : ECC introduces EC Program in Bangued, Abra

Approving the Continuous Application of the Manner of Computing EC Pension in Relation to the New MSC Schedule under the Social Security Act of 2018 WHEREAS, Republic Act 11199 also known as the Social Security Act of 2018 was signed on 7 February 2019, repealing RA 1161, as amended by RA 8282; WHEREAS, the same continue reading : Board Resolution No. 19-08-27 Approving the Continuous Application of the Manner of Computing EC Pension in Relation to the New MSC Schedule under the Social Security Act of 2018

“Napakalaking tulong ng cash assistance na binigay ng ECC,para makabili ako ng tatlong kambing na inaalagaan namin ngayon,” said Dennis Clare, after receiving P10, 000 from the Employees’ Compensation Commission (ECC) on November 12, 2019 during the livelihood seminar at the Regional Extension Unit (REU) – 4A in Halang, Calamba City, Laguna. Dennis Clare, 32, continue reading : EC cash assistance helps a former cook start out a Kambingan