Prescribing the Policy on the Minimum Amount of EC Monthly Disability Pension in the Private Sector

December 20, 2016ECC BOARD RESOLUTION NO. 16-12-46PRESCRIBING THE POLICY ON THE MINIMUM AMOUNT OF EC MONTHLY DISABILITY PENSION IN THE PRIVATE SECTORExcerpts from the Minutes of the Eighth (8th) Regular Commission Meeting, Employees' Compensation Commission and Occupational Safety and Health Center, Series of 2016, Convened at Marigold Function Room, Bayleaf Hotel, Muralla St. Intramuros, Manila, Tuesday, 20 December 2016 at 12:00 NN.WHEREAS, P.D. No. 626, as amended, provides that monthly income benefit shall be paid to an employee who contracts sickness or sustains an injury resulting in permanent partial or permanent total disability; WHEREAS, the SSS has primary and initial jurisdiction on the settlement of EC claims in the private sector;WHEREAS, since 1994, it has been the practice of the SSS to implement a two thousand pesos (P2,000.00) minimum amount of EC monthly disability pension;WHEREAS, this Commission finds the need to clarify the minimum amount of EC monthly disability pension in the private sector;WHEREAS, upon consultation of the Secretariat with the SSS, it was agreed upon that there must be corresponding instruction from the Commission,...