Directing SSS to Facilitate the Processing of Employees' Compensation Benefits of Victims in the NCCC Mall Fire Incident in Davao City

January 12, 2018ECC BOARD RESOLUTION NO. 18-01-01DIRECTING SSS TO FACILITATE THE PROCESSING OF EMPLOYEES' COMPENSATION BENEFITS OF VICTIMS IN THE NCCC MALL FIRE INCIDENT IN DAVAO CITYWHEREAS, the primary purpose of P.D. No. 626, as amended, is to provide meaningful protection to the ordinary workers and/or their families against the perils or hazards of disability or death due to work-connected incident; WHEREAS, this Commission is saddened with the death of 38 workers of Research Now SSI and NCCC Mall due to the fire incident on December 23, 2017 at NCCC Mall Davao, McArthur Highway corner Maa, Davao City;WHEREAS, this Commission extends its sympathy to the survivors and conveys its condolence to the bereaved families of the said workers;WHEREAS, the Local Government of Davao City, has already confirmed the death of over 38 workers upon the manifestation of the Bureau of Fire Protection after assessment of the place of the incident;WHEREAS, to hasten the grant of EC benefits to the workers who survived the said incident and/or to the families of workers who perished in the...