Expediting the Processing of EC Claims for Victims of Large-Scale Obvious Work-Related Accidents

February 1, 2018ECC BOARD RESOLUTION NO. 18-02-04EXPEDITING THE PROCESSING OF EC CLAIMS FOR VICTIMS OF LARGE-SCALE OBVIOUS WORK-RELATED ACCIDENTSExcerpts from the Minutes of the First (1st) Regular Commission Meeting, Employees' Compensation Commission and Occupational Safety and Health Center, Series of 2018, Convened at ECC Multi-Purpose Hall, 4th Floor, ECC Bldg. 355 Sen. Gil J. Puyat Avenue, Makati City, Thursday, 01 February 2018 at 12:00 PM.WHEREAS, the primary purpose of P.D. No. 626, as amended, is to provide meaningful protection to workers and/or their families against the perils or hazards of disability or death due to work-related incidents; WHEREAS, there are large-scale work accidents where victims and/or their families need immediate provision of compensation benefits and assistance to mitigate risks or prevent vulnerability;WHEREAS, to hasten the grant of EC benefits to the victims and/or families, this Commission finds the need to spare them from the submission of several documentary requirements in the processing of their benefits under P.D. No. 626, as amended;WHEREAS, Article 183 (c) of P.D. No. 626, as amended, empowers this Commission "to approve...