Payment of Employees' Compensation (EC) Death Benefits Pension for the Public Sector

August 7, 2013ECC CIRCULAR NO. 13-807PAYMENT OF EMPLOYEES' COMPENSATION (EC) DEATH BENEFITS PENSION FOR THE PUBLIC SECTORTO : All Concerned EC Survivorship Pensioners in the Public Sector.RE : Lifting of the 5-Year Limit in the Payment of EC Survivorship Pension.ANNOUNCEMENTPlease be advised that the 5-year limit in the payment of EC survivorship pension for public sector workers has been lifted effective August 22, 2012 through ECC Board Resolution No. 12-07-16. The lifting has a prospective application and covers the following pensioners: • Those EC survivorship pensioners who are actually receiving pensions as of August 2012 shall no longer be subject to the 5-year cap;• Those who will be entitled to receive EC survivorship pension after August 2012 shall no longer be subject to the 5-year cap; and• Those EC survivorship pensioners whose pensions were stopped due to the 5-year cap will have their pension accrual from August 2012 processed.To facilitate the evaluation and processing of the accrued pension benefits, all EC pensioners whose pensions were previously suspended are hereby advised to visit the nearest GSIS...