Prescribing Guidelines on the Interruption of the Prescriptive Period for the Filing of Employees' Compensation (EC) Claims during Pandemic, Epidemic or Public Health Emergency and Other Fortuitous Events

July 17, 2020ECC BOARD RESOLUTION NO. 20-07-12PRESCRIBING GUIDELINES ON THE INTERRUPTION OF THE PRESCRIPTIVE PERIOD FOR THE FILING OF EMPLOYEES' COMPENSATION (EC) CLAIMS DURING PANDEMIC, EPIDEMIC OR PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY AND OTHER FORTUITOUS EVENTSExcerpts from the Minutes of the Second (2nd) Regular Commission Meeting, Employees' Compensation Commission, Series of 2020, Convened via Zoom, Friday, 17 July 2020 at 10:00 A.M.WHEREAS, under Presidential Decree No. 626, as amended, the Employees' Compensation Commission (ECC) is mandated to initiate, rationalize, and coordinate the policies of the Employees' Compensation Program (ECP); HTcADCWHEREAS, the Amended Rules on Employees' Compensation were promulgated to govern the rules on the filing of EC claims and appeals;WHEREAS, under P.D. No. 626, as amended, and the Amended Rules on Employees' Compensation, the prescriptive period for the filing of EC claims is three (3) years from the time the cause of action accrued;WHEREAS, Presidential Proclamation No. 922, series of 2020, dated 08 March 2020, declares a State of Public Health Emergency throughout the Philippines due to the Corona Virus 19 (COVID-19) threat and enjoins all government...