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Republic of the Philippines DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT

EMPLOYEES’ COMPENSATION COMMISSION 4th & 5th Floor, ECC Building, 355 Sen. Gil J. Puyat Avenue, City of Makati

Tel. No. 899-4251 Fax. No. 897-7597 E-mail: ecc_mails@yahoo.comWebsite: http://www.ecc.gov.ph

2013 Accomplishments

PAP 2013 TARGET ACCOMPLISHMENT ALLOCATED UTILIZED

SPEEDY

DISPOSITION OF

EC APPEALED

CLAIMS

100% disposition rate by EO 2013 for EC appealed cases received as of 20 November 2013

100% disposition rate ( 171 cases disposed out of 171

cases handled)

P 136,250.00 P 122,433.55

POLICY

DEVELOPMENT 12 policy issuances approved

13 policy issuances approved (108%)

Improved Benefits 1. Approving the Increase in the EC

Funeral Benefit from P10,000.00 to P20,000.00 for the Private Sector

2. Approving an Increase in the EC Funeral Benefit from P10,000.00 to P20,000.00 for the Public Sector

3. Approving a 10% Across-the-Board Increase in EC Pension for the Private Sector

4. Lifting the Suspension of Payment of EC Medical Reimbursement for Public Sector Retirees and Workers Separated from the Public Service

5. Policy on Simultaneous Granting of Sick Leave Benefits and EC Disability Benefits in the Private Sector

6. Prescribing the Revised Rules on the Accreditation of Hospitals and Physicians under the Employees Compensation Program (ECP) Amending for this Purpose Rule XVII of the Amended Rules on Employees Compensation

7. Requesting the Congress of the Philippines to Amend Section 55 of RA 8291 for Purposes of Granting Double Recovery of benefits under the GSIS and under the Employees Compensation Program (ECP)

P 812,200.00 P 418,569.20

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8. Prescribing the Revised Conditions for the Compensability of Osteoarthritis Classified Under Musculoskeletal Disorders, Amending for this Purpose Item No. 24 of Annex “A” of the Amended Rules on Employees’ Compensation

9. Prescribing the Grant of Advance Three Month Pension for EC Pensioners in the Private Sector Whose Areas were Affected by Typhoon “Yolanda”, Earthquake in Bohol and in Cebu and Zamboanga Siege

Improved Services 10. Requiring the Systems to Submit

Proof of Compliance with the Decision of the Commission to Grant EC benefits

11. Requiring the Systems to Observe Present Procedures on Elevation of Denied EC Claims

12. Prescribing the Guidelines for the Grant of EC Funeral Benefits for the Public Sector

13. Prescribing the Guidelines for the Grant of Carer’s Allowance to EC Permanent Partial Disability (PPD) and Permanent Total Disability (PTD) Pensioners in the Public Sector

REHABILITATION

SERVICES FOR

ODWS

575 ODWs provided with various service

649 ODWs provided with various services (111%)

100 PWRDs were provided with

vocational/ entrepreneurial skills training amounting to P100,412.27 27 PWRDs were provided with

appropriate start-up kits amounting to P82,538.00

47 PWRDs were granted with Kabuhayan Package through DOLE NCR-Makati Field Office worth P5,000.00 each or a total amount of P235,000.00

74 PWRDs, were provided with transportation and meal allowance during training amounting to P72,316.97

43 PWRDs were monitored through home visits

P 4,096,000.00

P 3,375,425.34

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100 PWRDs were provided with physical therapy / occupational therapy services amounting to P338,355.00 47 PWRDs provided with

physical therapy/occupational therapy services and prosthesis in 2012 were monitored through home visits

74 PWRDs provided with transportation allowance amounting to P72,316.97(100%)

31 PWRDs were provided with prosthesis amounting to P1,945,457.75

1 PWRD facilitated the nail

extraction and reaming of tibial canal Leomar Guimmayen – nail extraction and reaming of tibial canal - P17,957.75

39 PWRDs were referred for job

placement 25 children of PWRDs placed in the

SPES Program

354 victims of work-related contingencies visited and provided with psycho-social guidance and counseling and information on ECP

39 victims/beneficiaries were able to claim their EC benefits amounting to P862,717.84

ECP

INFORMATION

DISSEMINATION

- 250 ECP advocacy seminars conducted

- 13,000 workers reached

333 ECP advocacy seminars conducted (133%)

16,513 workers reached (127%)

P 4,831,800.00 P3,864,220.19

February 20, 2014 City of Makati