List of Occupational and Compensable Diseases under the Employees' Compensation Program

2011LIST OF OCCUPATIONAL AND COMPENSABLE DISEASES UNDER THE EMPLOYEES' COMPENSATION PROGRAMOccupational DiseasesThe ECC, in consultation with the Philippine Medical Association, the Philippine Hospital Association and specialists on occupational health and safety, has listed ailments which may be deemed work-connected and subject to certain conditions in the work environment. Under P.D. 626, as amended, a disability arising from an ailment may be deemed work-connected if the illness is contracted due to the worker's nature of employment. This is so if all the following conditions are present. (1) The employee's work must involve the risks or conditions described;(2) The disease was contracted as a result of the employee's exposure to the described risks;(3) The disease was contracted within a period of exposure and under such other factors necessary to contract it; and SCADIT(4) There was no notorious negligence on the part of the employee.The employer who has failed to provide adequate protection and safety devices shall be subjected to the penalty imposed by Article 200 of the Labor Code.Where he has provided adequate protective and safety devices,...