Amending the Conditions for Compensability of Pulmonary Conditions of Annex "A" of the Amended Rules on Employees Compensation

September 27, 2012ECC BOARD RESOLUTION NO. 12-09-18AMENDING THE CONDITIONS FOR COMPENSABILITY OF PNEUMONIA, BRONCHIAL ASTHMA, PNEUMOCONIOSIS AND ASBESTOSIS AND OTHER PULMONARY CONDITIONS OF ANNEX "A" OF THE AMENDED RULES ON EMPLOYEES COMPENSATIONExcerpts from the Minutes of the Sixth (6th) Regular Commission Meeting, Employees' Compensation Commission, Series of 2012, Convened at the Board Room, 5th Floor, ECC Bldg., Sen. Gil Puyat Ave., Makati City, Thursday, 27 September 2012 at 9:00 A.M.WHEREAS, Article 167 (l) partly states that ". . . the Commission is empowered to determine and approve occupational diseases and work-related illness that may be considered compensable based on peculiar hazards of employment (as amended by Sec. 1, P.D. 1368)." HIAEaCWHEREAS, Article 177 (c) states that the Commission shall have the powers and duties "to approve rules and regulation governing the processing of claims and the settlement of disputes arising therefrom as prescribed by the System;"WHEREAS, pursuant to the policy of the Commission for the continuous upgrading of the benefit structure for workers through the updating on the conditions for compensability of occupational and work-related...