Declaring the Compensability of Injuries and its Resulting Disability or Death Sustained by Stay-in Local Employees within the Quarters Furnished by the Employers

January 17, 2012ECC BOARD RESOLUTION NO. 12-01-02DECLARING THE COMPENSABILITY OF INJURIES AND ITS RESULTING DISABILITY OR DEATH SUSTAINED BY STAY-IN LOCAL EMPLOYEES WITHIN THE QUARTERS FURNISHED BY THE EMPLOYERSExcerpts from the Minutes of the First (1st) Regular Commission Meeting, Employees' Compensation Commission, Series of 2012, Convened at the Board Room, 5th Floor, ECC Bldg., Sen. Gil Puyat Ave., Makati City, Tuesday, 17 January 2012 at 12:00 NN.WHEREAS, the 1987 Constitution mandates that full protection shall be afforded to labor; WHEREAS, the Supreme Court in the case of Uy vs. Workmen's Compensation Commission (G.R. No. L-43389, April 28, 1980) adopted the so-called "Bunkhouse Rule" and held that:". . . where the employee is required to stay in the premises or in quarters furnished by the employer, injuries sustained therein are in the course of employment regardless of the time the same occurred."WHEREAS, P.D. No. 626, as amended, being a social legislation, should be given liberal construction to fully carry into effect its aim to promptly provide income benefits to workers and/or their beneficiaries in the event...