![]() ![]() 21-04-14, COVID-19 is now considered as an occupational and work-related disease. Salient portions of ECC Board Resolution No. In this regard, the Philippine Employment Compensation Commission ("ECC") recently issued Board Resolution No 21-04-14, Series of 2021, entitled the "Conditions for the Compensability of COVID-19 under the ECC List of Occupational and Work-Related Disease or Annex A of the Amended Rules on Employees' Compensation (EC)" ("ECC Board Resolution No. In return, employees who suffer work-related contingencies may receive workers compensation benefits under the EC Programme. In particular, employers have to contribute a certain amount for each employee (which is dependent on the monthly compensation of the said employee) to the programme through the Philippine Social Security System ("SSS"). Philippine employment law requires private sector employers to provide workers compensation benefits to their employees through the Employees' Compensation ("EC") programme. Here's what employers need to know, in this piece by Patrick Henry Salazar, a senior associate with the Employment Practice of Quisumbing Torres, the Philippine member firm of Baker McKenzie International. With COVID-19 now considered as an occupational and work-related disease in the Philippines, infected workers may receive appropriate compensation. ![]()
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