Beneficiaries of missing persons while in the performance of their duties during calamities or fatal events can file their claims for EC death with funeral benefits within three years from the time the missing person has been presumed dead after the lapse of four years from the occurrence of the incident on the basis of continue reading : ECC grants death with funeral benefits to the beneficiaries of missing workers while in the performance of their duties during calamities or fatal events

Employees’ Compensation Commission’s Executive Director Stella Z. Banawis yesterday said that the ECC has recently ruled in favor of a deceased member who has been exercising his parental duties over his children from a former marriage before he met his death in an accident on his way to work.   At dawn of 8 April continue reading : ECC recognizes parental duties of separated partners as basis for EC claims

The Employees’ Compensation Commission (ECC) in close coordination with the Department of Labor and Employment Field Office in Iligan City  will hold a one-day Employees’ Compensation Program Seminar on August 19, 2014 at    Plaza AlemaniaHotel in Iligan City. The entrance free advocacy seminar aims to equip employers and employees representatives with knowledge on the social security benefits for continue reading : ECC, DOLE conduct free advocacy seminar in Iligan City

January 29, 2014 was an ordinary working day for Bryan Anthony Cortes. He went to work and started operating the mixing roll machine in a manufacturing company. However, the ordinary day turned into a nightmare for Cortes when his right thumb was caught by the chain of the machine which caused its amputation. Since it continue reading : Machine operator bounces back from setback through the help of the ECC

It was one fine day for a group of fishermen while they were on board a ferry in Palawan. However, the cable of the ferry was stuck in a rock during the sail. Romeo Palay had no choice but to cut the cable otherwise, the vessel will capsize due to strong current. Unfortunately, Palay’s hand continue reading : ECC helps fisherman regain employment

The Employees’ Compensation Commission recently forged commitments with 16 various hospitals for a more effective Quick Response Program. With the closer coordination with hospitals, assistance to workers who sustained injuries, contracted sickness or died while performing their duties can now be provided immediately. Based on the commitments of hospitals, they will provide the ECC with continue reading : ECC taps 16 hospitals to help occupationally-disabled workers

The Employees’ Compensation Commission, an attached agency of the Department of Labor and Employment,strengthens the bridge that connects the medical services to the occupationally-disabled workers, by entering into memorandum of agreement with various competent hospitals, medical service providers and medical experts nationwide. These agreements are part of the intensive pursuit of ECC to address the continue reading : ECC partners with various hospitals nationwide to respond quickly to ODW’s medical needs

Evelyn Ruth Soriano, a staff midwife in a hospital in MandaluyongCity for more than 19 years, was forced to resign from work when she accidentally slipped on a wet floor in the sterilizing room while on duty.  She had a lumbar disc disease thatrestrained her fromany body movement for a period of time. To ensure continue reading : Midwife then, entrepreneur now through the help of ECC

(First of a series) Labor and Employment Secretary Rosalinda Dimapilis-Baldoz commended the Employees’ Compensation Commission for continuously improving the benefits of Filipino workers under the Employees’ Compensation Program. “I am very much pleased to know that for the past four years the ECC has worked hard to improve its ECP benefits,” Baldoz announced. Baldoz referred continue reading : Labor Secretary lauds ECC for enhancing workers’ benefits under the ECP

The Employees’ Compensation Commission, through its Katulong at Gabay sa Manggagawang may Kapansanan Program (KaGabay), recently extended aid to two occupationally disabled workers, equipping them with the necessary livelihood tools for their integration into the economic mainstream, making them productive members of the community, even more productive than their pre- work related injuries or sicknesses. continue reading : ECC lends hand to a pastor, mall maintenance worker