The Employees’ Compensation Commission Regional Extension Unit X1 represented by Administrative Officer Franscheline Loayan granted a hand prosthesis to Harrison Barriga, a miner of Apex Mining Corporation under its Katulong at Gabay sa Manggagawang may Kapansanan (KaGabay) Program on July 2, 2021 at the Department of Labor and Employment XI, Davao City ECC KaGabay Program continue reading : ECC grants hand prosthesis to a miner in Davao City

The Employees’ Compensation Commission through its Regional Extension Unit in Davao Region handed a total of P1.35 million cash assistance to 135 COVID-19 survivors on June 23, 2021 at the DOLE Regional Office in Davao. The recipients were all frontline workers in the public sector who contracted COVID-19 in the performance of their duties. Aside continue reading : ECC distributes 1.35M cash assistance to COVID-19 victims in Davao Region

The Employees’ Compensation Commission (ECC) eases the prescriptive period in the filing of Employees’ Compensation claims nationwide as the country continues to face the threat and challenges brought by the CoViD-19 pandemic. On May 20, 2021, ECC issued Board Resolution (B.R.) No. 21-05-17 further easing the prescriptive period in the filing of EC claims through continue reading : ECC eases prescriptive period due to COVID-19 pandemic

Tuguegarao City, Cagayan – Amidst the pandemic, the Employees’ Compensation Commission (ECC) is consistent in providing benefits and services for workers who met work-related contingencies but under strict safety protocols. The ECC now delivers its good news to the people through webinars but there are challenges such as reaching employees in grassroots communities where internet continue reading : ECC conducts face to face orientation

A government employee in Leyte was granted Employees’ Compensation Program (ECP) benefits and services due to her work-connected injury caused by an earthquake in 2018. In April 2018, while Richelle Anne Pacayra was busy working, a sudden jolt shook the whole building of the government agency where she was assigned to work. Instinctively, she ran continue reading : Leyte earthquake survivor receives ECP benefits

The Asian Workers Compensation Association (AWCA), during its virtual 5th General Assembly hosted by the Korea Workers’ Compensation and Welfare Service on 18 June 2021, confirmed the appointment of Employees’ Compensation Commission Executive Director Stella Zipagan-Banawis as the vice-chair of the organization. The AWCA is the only regional association dealing with worker’s compensation in Asia-Pacific and continue reading : ECC Executive Director is AWCA Vice-Chair for 2022-2023

Tuguegarao City, Cagayan – On April 14, 2021, Eduard Guzman, an auxiliary nurse from the Divine Mercy Wellness Center, received Transportation and Meal Allowance (TMA) amounting to Php 6,000.00 pesos at ECC Regional Extension Unit (REU) Office, Tuguegarao City, Cagayan, as additional benefit to his free Physical Rehabilitation sessions from the ECC. While going home continue reading : Nurse receives TMA benefits from ECC

General Santos City – “Sobrang laki ng tulong ng ECC sa akin. Masuportahan ko na ang pamilya ko,” said Jimboy Delarama, who became physically disabled due to a work-connected accident in August 2019. Delarama, 27 years old and a resident of Brgy. Calumpang, General Santos City, was working as an assistant feeder operator in a continue reading : Feeder operator gets EC benefits

Two PWRDs from Cagayan de Oro City (CDO), received livelihood starter and complementary kits amounting to ₱20, 000.00 and ₱10, 000.00, respectively, under the Katulong at Gabay sa Manggagawang may Kapansanan (KaGabay) Program of the Employees’ Compensation Commission (ECC). Carmelita Tupaz had a work-related accident in August 2019 which resulted to the fracture of her continue reading : ECC awards livelihood starter & complementary kits to PWRDs