The Employees’ Compensation Commission (ECC) recently announced that there will be no increase in the Employees’ Compensation (EC) contribution amidst the increase in the contribution rates of the covered members of the Social Security System effective 1 April 2019. ECC Executive Director Stella Zipagan-Banawis said that the EC contribution, which is paid by the employers continue reading : No increase in EC contribution despite SSS contribution hike

Labor and Employment Secretary and ECC Chairperson Silvestre H. Bello III recently announced that the benefits and services of the Employees’ Compensation Program (ECP) have been extended to self-employed compulsory members of the Social Security System (SSS). “We recognize that most self-employed members of the SSS are also workers who need to be protected in continue reading : Self-employed SSS members now covered under the EC Program

The Employees’ Compensation Commission, through the Social Security System as its administering agency in the private sector, recently released the monetary benefits for Eugene Diaz, an employee of LDP Farms Food Corp. in Barangay Rabon, Rosario, La Union who suffered from a work-related accident. The 31 year old cutter operator sustained a wound when he continue reading : Injured machine operator gets EC partial disability benefits

In its continuous pursuit to improve its human capital, the Employees’ Compensation Commission conducted a two-day training workshop entitled “Planning and Delivering Public Service with Impact” on March 18-19, 2019 at the ECC Multi-Purpose Hall, Makati City. “The training was timely and realistic. It made us revisit our values and performance in every activities and continue reading : ECC equips employees on planning, delivering public service with impact

“Life is a continuous learning process,” said Rex Resurreccion in the recently concluded training workshop of the Employees’ Compensation Commission, entitled “Initiative and Interpersonal Communication Skills” on March 20-21, 2019 at the ECC Multi-purpose Hall, Makati City. The training was facilitated by Resurreccion, founder of the Passion for Perfection Inc., a company that invents business continue reading : ECC trains to improve initiative, interpersonal skills

TUGUEGARAO CITY – “The long wait is over” exclaimed  Elvira Baingan after she received a total amount of P220,000.00 from the Employees Compensation Program as retroactive payment for her EC survivorship pension which was suspended from 2006 to April 2014. Baingan is an EC survivorship pensioner since 1997 until it was abruptly ceased in 2006. continue reading : EC pensioner receives 220 thousand as retro payment

Ditching the traditional training set ups, ECC had its Information Officers explore the busy streets of Makati to dig into the basics of Phonetography. Phonetography or mobile photography is one of the emerging concepts in photography which allows individuals to maximize the use of mobile phone cameras in capturing and captioning moments and other content continue reading : ECC information officers get a field day, explores the basics of Phonetography

The Employees’ Compensation Commission (ECC) thru the Social Security System (SSS) recently granted compensation benefits to a chief steward who suffered from injuries on left elbow while onboard a seafaring vessel. The seaman was employed by Knutsen Philippines Inc. and Knot Management, and served as chief steward on board M/T Carmen Knutsen under a 6-month continue reading : ECC rules seaman’s injury compensable

The Employees’ Compensation Commission (ECC) continues to manage a sound, strong, wisely invested and protected State Insurance Fund (SIF) as it reaps an average of P433 million investment income in the public sector and 1.24 billion investment income in the private sector every year for the last five years. “The Commission is committed in implementing continue reading : EC State Insurance Fund yields 1.67 billion average income from investments for the past five years