ECC clarifies continued coverage of AFP, PNP, BFP, and BJMP members under the EC program

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Labor and Employment Secretary Rosalinda Dimapilis-Baldoz recently announced that the employees’ compensation program covers uniformed personnel of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the Philippine National Police (PNP) including the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) and Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP). Baldoz, chair of the Employees’ Compensation Commission Board, said that continue reading : ECC clarifies continued coverage of AFP, PNP, BFP, and BJMP members under the EC program

ECC creates more regional extension units

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The Employees’ Compensation Commission, an attached agency of the Department of Labor and Employment, will soon open additional ECC Regional Extension units (ECC-REUs) in various regions in the country, to extend its programs and services nationwide. This undertaking is pursuant to Labor and Employment Secretary Rosalinda Dimapilis-Baldoz’s directive to stretch the arms of social protection continue reading : ECC creates more regional extension units

ECC Calls on EC Survivorship Pensioners to Register with GSIS

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The Employees’ Compensation Commission, pursuant to its mandate to provide appropriate and meaningful benefits for workers who are victims of work-related contingencies,  lifted the suspension of payment of EC death benefits in the public sector beyond the five-year guaranteed period through ECC Board Resolution No. 12-07-16 dated 27 July 2012. The resumption of payment of continue reading : ECC Calls on EC Survivorship Pensioners to Register with GSIS

First ODW in Cagayan de Oro as recipient to arm prosthesis from ECC

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The Employees’ Compensation Commission (ECC), through its Kagabay Program, has given free arm prosthesis to an Occupationally Disabled Worker (ODW) in Cagayan de Oro City. Noel Edanio, 25, is a Local Boiler Unit Operator in Del Monte Philippines, Inc. On May 2012, he accidentally troubleshoots the wrong rotary feeder of the boiler causing his hand continue reading : First ODW in Cagayan de Oro as recipient to arm prosthesis from ECC

ECC joins the unified registration for ‘Kasambahay’ in Zamboanga City

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The Employees’ Compensation Commission joined the city government of Zamboanga City in the one-stop-shop registration of employers and their ‘kasambahay’ to enforce the mandatory requirement under Republic Act No. 10361, otherwise known as, “An Act Instituting Policies for the Protection and Welfare of Domestic Workers,” on July 28, 2013, from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm continue reading : ECC joins the unified registration for ‘Kasambahay’ in Zamboanga City

ADVISORY: EC Membership of AFP and PNP

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The Employees’ Compensation Commission (ECC) informs the public that the members of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the uniformed personnel of the Philippine National Police (PNP), Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) and Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (PJMP) are covered under the Employees’ Compensation Program (ECP) despite their exclusion from the continue reading : ADVISORY: EC Membership of AFP and PNP

ECC goes to Tuguegarao City for an advocacy seminar

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The Employees’ Compensation Commission’s (ECC’s) information team, along with its Executive Director, Stella Z. Banawis, heads to Tuguegarao City to conduct an Employees’ Compensation Program (ECP) advocacy seminar on August 1, 2013 at Hotel Roma. This activity is a collaboration of the efforts of ECC and DOLE Regional Office 2, to provide awareness on the continue reading : ECC goes to Tuguegarao City for an advocacy seminar

ECC hosted planning meeting on ‘Seminar Workshop on Tuberculosis Prevention and Control in the Workplace’

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On July 8, 2013, Employees’ Compensation Commission hosted the planning meeting relative to the 1-day seminar workshop on Tuberculosis prevention and control in the workplace. The meeting was attended by Atty. Benjo Santos Benavidez, Assistant Regional Director of the DOLE NCR, Dr. Daryll Bautista of the OSHC, Dr. Marco Valeros of the Bureau of Working continue reading : ECC hosted planning meeting on ‘Seminar Workshop on Tuberculosis Prevention and Control in the Workplace’