Amended Rules on Employees' Compensation (Rev. 2014)

 July 21, 1987AMENDED RULES ON EMPLOYEES' COMPENSATIONStatement of AuthorityBy virtue of the powers vested upon the Employees' Compensation Commission under the Labor Code of the Philippines, the following Rules are hereby adopted to implement the provisions of Title II, Book IV of this Code.RULE ICoverageSECTION 1. Nature. — Coverage shall be compulsory.SECTION 2. Scope. — (a) Every employer shall be covered.(b) Every employee not over 60 years of age shall be covered.(c) An employee over 60 years of age shall be covered if he had been paying contributions to the System prior to age 60 and has not been compulsorily retired.(d) An employee who is coverable by both the GSIS and SSS shall be compulsorily covered by both Systems.SECTION 3. Employer. — (a) The term shall mean any person, natural or juridical, domestic or foreign, who carries on in the Philippines any trade, business, industry, undertaking or activity of any kind and uses the services of another person who is under his orders as regards the employment.(b) An employer shall belong to either:(1) The public...