Jeffrey Librado, a physical education teacher in an aeronautical school, lost his left leg in a hit-and-run crash on 7 October 2013 while he was on his way to work. Librado’s leg was severed right after the sedan crashed his leg. He thought it was only his shoe so he picked it up then he continue reading : Employee who lost a leg still grateful despite challenges, thanks to ECC

After a long time of pain and dismay, Richard Estrella, can now play basketball, go to the market on his own, and fetch his children from school.   Estrella, a father of two who used to work as a company driver of Amethyl Enterprises, lost his right leg due to electrocution while he was cleaning continue reading : “ECC gave me hope”—Richard Estrella, PWRD

The Employees’ Compensation Commission will hold a one-day free advocacy seminar on June 16, 2015 at the Villa Amor Hotel, Oroquieta City, for public and private employers and union officers to intensify awareness on the Employees Compensation Program. This is in line with Labor and Employment Secretary Rosalinda Dimapilis-Baldoz ‘s directive to cascade all DOLE continue reading : ECC strengthens advocacy seminar in the “City of Good Life” Oroquieta City

With the aim of facilitating the integration of persons with work-related disabilities (PWRDs) into the economic mainstream, the Employees’ Compensation Commission Regional Extension Unit No. 9 (ECC REU 9) has partnered with its regional counterpart in the Department of Agriculture (DA) and the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) in launching its own brand of continue reading : In Region 9, ECC teams up with DA in preparing PWRDs start their own business

Defying the odds in reaching the heart of Mindanao, the Employees’ Compensation Commission-Regional Extension Unit No. 12 (ECC-REU 12) has successfully conveyed information on the benefits and services of the Employees Compensation Program (ECP) to forty one companies and government agencies in Cotabato City last May 2015. In an in-house seminar conducted in Casa Blanca continue reading : ECC intensifies information campaign in Cotabato City

The Employees’ Compensation Commission has pledged to provide maximum assistance to the injured workers and the families of more than 70 workers whose lives were taken away by the recent fire incident in the Kentex Manufacturing Corporation, Valenzuela City. “The ECC will ensure that all the workers in the list provided by the City Government continue reading : ECC enjoins immediate release of ECP benefits for the victims of Kentex fire incident

The Employees’ Compensation Commission will conduct a free advocacy seminar on May 28, 2015, at the Ormoc Villa Resort  in Ormoc City. This free seminar aims not only to increase public awareness on the EC Program but also to encourage employees and  employers to build and sustain a culture of safety and healthful environment in continue reading : ECC spurs awareness on EC program in the City by the Bay-Ormoc City

A call center agent who sustained a fractured arm when a co-worker played a trick on her during lunch break gets ECC disability benefits from ECC. ECC maintains that an accident at the workplace due to horseplay, larking or practical joke is compensable especially if the injured employee is a non-participating victim. The ECC explained continue reading : Employee injured from a prank of a co-employee gets compensation from ECC

The intensified awareness campaign on the Employees’ Compensation Program (ECP) has found its way to the Cagayan de Oro Hotel and Restaurant Association (COHARA). Stella Mae Obice, Information Officer from Employees’ Compensation Commission Regional Extension Unit No. 10 said that almost all members of COHARA have sent their representatives to attend and participate in the continue reading : ECP advocacy reaches CDO’s hotel and restaurant industry

Employees who were injured or died in the fire incident that destroyed a factory in Valenzuela yesterday are entitled to claim corresponding benefits under the Employees Compensation Program. Baldoz made the statement after a fire incident, which lasted for four and a half hours, broke out in Kentex Manufacturing Corporation in Valenzuela City yesterday leaving continue reading : Casualties of Valenzuela factory fire to get EC benefits