ECC grants benefits to a worker who suffered a stroke

The Employees’ Compensation Commission (ECC), an attached agency of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), recently awarded EC disability benefits to a worker due to cerebrovascular accident or stroke. Fernando V. del Castillo, a 51 year-old resident of Tarlac City, suffered a stroke while employed as a lubeman at Central Azucarera de Tarlac. He continue reading : ECC grants benefits to a worker who suffered a stroke

ECC partners with Baguio General Hospital and Medical Center to provide rehabilitation services to ODWs

Baguio City- The Employees’ Compensation Commission (ECC), an attached agency of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), recently established partnership with Baguio General Hospital and Medical Center (BGHMC), by signing a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) to provide rehabilitation services to occupationally disabled workers (ODWs) under the ECC’s Katulong at Gabay sa Manggagawang may Kapansanan continue reading : ECC partners with Baguio General Hospital and Medical Center to provide rehabilitation services to ODWs

ECC updates conditions for compensability of PTB

The Employees’ Compensation Commission (ECC), an attached agency of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), recently revised the conditions for compensability of Pulmonary Tuberculosis (PTB) in order to keep abreast with recent developments in the field of occupational medicine. The revised conditions for compensability of Pulmonary Tuberculosis, commonly  known   as TB, expands the conditions continue reading : ECC updates conditions for compensability of PTB

ECC grants disability benefits to a seaman for knee injury

The Employees’ Compensation Commission (ECC) recently granted EC temporary total disability (TTD) benefits and reimbursement of medical expenses to Arnel V. Mariano for his work-connected knee injury. Mariano, a 47 year-old resident of Caloocan City, has suffered a knee-injury while employed as a chief cook by Scanmar Maritime Services, Inc. in Makati City. Due to continue reading : ECC grants disability benefits to a seaman for knee injury

ECC: Higit pa sa Benepisyo ang Ibinibigay na Serbisyo

Sang ayon sa direktiba ni Labor Secretary Rosalinda Dimapilis-Baldoz, ang Employees’ Compensation Commission (ECC) bilang tagapagbalangkas ng patakaran at nagtutugma-tugma ng mga programa sa ilalim ng Employees’ Compensation Program (ECP), ay hindi dapat ituon lang sa pagbibigay ng perang benipisyo para sa mga nagkasakit o naaksidente ng dahil sa trabaho kundi tiyakin na ang occupationally-disabled continue reading : ECC: Higit pa sa Benepisyo ang Ibinibigay na Serbisyo

ECC tulay sa aking magandang buhay, ayon sa isang manggagawa

Ang Employees’ Compensation Commission (ECC) ay naging tulay sa aking masaganang buhay, sabi ni Joel Maglangit, 47 taong gulang, dating security guard sa Makati City. Isang araw habang papasok si Maglangit sa trabaho, nagkaroon siya ng aksidente na naging dahilan ng pagkaputol ng kanyang kaliwang hita. At dahil sa natamo niyang kapansanan, napilitan siyang magbitiw continue reading : ECC tulay sa aking magandang buhay, ayon sa isang manggagawa

ECC: Holistic approach in transforming lives of ODWs

Labor and Employment Secretary Rosalinda Dimapilis-Baldoz recently said that the Employees’ Compensation Commission (ECC), as policy and program coordinating body of the Employees’ Compensation Program (ECP),  must not only settle with giving away compensation benefits to occupationally disabled workers (ODWs) but ensuring that the ODWs  will lead a  normal life. Guided by this belief the continue reading : ECC: Holistic approach in transforming lives of ODWs

ECP grants P528.6M benefits in first half of 2012

Labor and Employment Secretary Rosalinda Dimapilis-Baldoz said that the Employees’ Compensation Program (ECP) has granted P 528.6M in benefit payments covering 137,259 claims filed by public and private sector workers in the first half of 2012. ECP is a program of the Employees’ Compensation Commission  administered by  the Social Security System (SSS) for the private continue reading : ECP grants P528.6M benefits in first half of 2012

ECC is my bridge to a better life, says worker

The Employees’ Compensation Commission (ECC) built a bridge to a better life for me, said Joel Maglangit. Maglangit, 47 years old, was one of the beneficiaries of the Employees’ Compensation Commission’s Katulong at Gabay sa Manggagawang may Kapansanan (ECC-KaGabay) Program. He was a former security guard in Makati City.  While on his way to report continue reading : ECC is my bridge to a better life, says worker

The 5th Asian Asbestos Initiative Conference

Four representatives from the Philippines, including a medical doctor from the Employees Compensation Commission (ECC), participated in the 5th Asian Asbestos Initiative (AAI) Conference in Busan, South Korea on November 6-8, 2012 to develop academic platform on which researchers and administrators from different countries can share relevant core technologies relative to Asbestosis. The conference theme continue reading : The 5th Asian Asbestos Initiative Conference