Policy on Surviving Spouse
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Policy on Surviving Spouse
ECC Board Resolution No. 97-09-0500
September 4, 1997
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Policy on Surviving Spouse
ECC Board Resolution No. 97-09-0500
•September 4, 1997
September 4, 1997ECC BOARD RESOLUTION NO. 97-09-0500POLICY ON SURVIVING SPOUSE"Pursuant to the provision of the Labor Code on protection and welfare of workers and their legal beneficiaries, the Secretariat of the Employees' Compensation Commission, had formally sought the liberalization of the implementation of Section I (B) (1), Rule XV, of the ECC Charter (Presidential Decree 626, as amended, a.k.a. Title II, Book IV, on Employees' Compensation and State Insurance Fund) i.e., considering that thereunder, the surviving spouse of a covered employee is held entitled to Employees' Compensation benefits only cases the spouse is found living with the employee at the time of the latter's death; and "Further thereto, during the 16th regular meeting of the Governing Board, ECC, convoked on 4th September 1997, the Board duly discussed the validation of a recommendation of the Secretariat contained in a memorandum of 2nd September 1997, that payment of EC benefits to a surviving spouse, who is legally separated or separated de facto from the deceased covered employee, be given due course based on a set of guidelines;"On...
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