An Employees’ Compensation Program Advocacy Seminar will be conducted by the Employees Compensation Commission, in close partnership with the Department of Labor and Employment on June 30, 2016 at the Citystate Asturias Hotel, Puerto Princesa City, Palawan. The one-day, free of charge seminar, is in line with ECC’s objective to heighten awareness on the EC Program.

The seminar will focus on the three major components of the EC Program namely – the prevention, compensation and the rehabilitation services and the recent EC Program reforms anchored on the “3Es”- Equalize, Enhance and Expand strategy to respond to the challenges facing the EC Program.

The seminar will be attended by more than 120 employers, human resource officers and union representatives, from various private establishments and government agencies including uniformed personnel of the Philippine National Police (PNP), Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP), Philippine Navy, Philippine Air Force and their civilian personnel.

A press conference in coordination with the PIA – Reg. 4B, shall be conducted at the same venue to promote the ECP thru quad-media.

There will also be a consultation meeting with the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) and Social Security System (SSS) officers to update officers on the recent EC Program policies in order to facilitate processing of EC claims.

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