A seafarer employed by Orient Star Ship Management Co. Inc. as fisherman aboard FV Her Hung No. 168, a Chinese-Taipei Fishing Vessel, was pronounced dead in November 2017 at the Kaohsiung Municipal Siaogang Hospital in Taiwan due to drowning and suffocation with multiple blunt injuries. During investigation, it was found that the seafarer and his continue reading : Mother of slain seafarer receives EC benefits

The Employees’ Compensation Commission (ECC) approved the granting of disability benefits to a finishing mason who suffered injuries on his way home to La Union to attend his child’s graduation rites. The mason, who worked at DDT Konstract, Inc. in Mandaluyong City, was accommodated in a company-provided barracks during his employment period. On April 4, continue reading : ECC grants disability benefits to a former finishing mason

The Employees’ Compensation Commission (ECC) lowered the minimum requirement for the grant of the complementary benefit worth P10,000 as livelihood assistance for persons with work-related disabilities (PWRDs). All PWRDs with livelihood projects funded by the ECC and which have been operating for at least three months need not wait to sustain their livelihood project for continue reading : ECC reduces the waiting period for the grant of complementary benefit

An employee of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) received disability benefits from the Employees’ Compensation Commission (ECC) for an injury she sustained while at work. The employee, who works as a Project Development Officer II, accidentally fell from her swivel chair while doing her duty on September 13, 2016. As a result continue reading : Government employee receives EC benefits

The Employees’ Compensation Commission (ECC) recently granted disability benefits with medical reimbursement to a 55-year-old driver, who suffered a stroke The driver has been with the Social Security System (SSS) Koronadal Branch since October 1999. A known hypertensive and diabetic, the said SSS employee collapsed inside the SSS vehicle on March 17, 2018. He was continue reading : ECC awards benefits to driver

Norbert Tan shows his livelihood grant, Rice Retailing Business, worth ₱20, 000.00 under the ECC’s KaGabay Program. “Nagpasalamat kog dako sa ECC sa mga benepisyo na akong nadawat labaw na sa inyong livelihood program. Dako kaayo ni na tabang labi na nga PWRD na ko ug nahuman na pud akong disability pension” (I would like continue reading : ECC turns leadman to businessman in Bukidnon

To shed light on the application for the Employees’ Compensation Cash Assistance,  Employees’ Compensation Commission (ECC) Executive Director Stella Zipagan-Banawis clarified, “The Employees’ Compensation Commission’s (ECC) funds to pay for claims for employees’ compensation benefits for all workers in both the public and private sectors who suffered from work-related contingencies such as sickness, injuries or continue reading : ECC clarifies: ECC Funds remain available

Funds to pay for claims for Employees’ Compensation benefits for all workers in the public and private sectors who suffered from work-related contingencies, such as sickness, injuries, or death, remain available. This was clarified by Employees’ Compensation Commission (ECC) Executive Director Stella Zipagan-Banawis to shed light on the status of application for the Employees’ Compensation continue reading : ECC clears issue on Cash Assistance

2020 has presented us with unprecedented challenges that tested our resilience. We saw the world turned upside down as nations face the turbulent times brought about by the CoViD-19 pandemic. As we bid goodbye to 2020, we remember the lessons and experiences of the year that was and start the New Year with a zealous continue reading : ECC’s Year-End Message