Prescribing the Policy on the Minimum Amount of EC Monthly Survivorship and Disability Pension in the Public Sector

October 4, 2018ECC BOARD RESOLUTION NO. 18-10-36PRESCRIBING THE POLICY ON THE MINIMUM AMOUNT OF EC MONTHLY SURVIVORSHIP AND DISABILITY PENSION IN THE PUBLIC SECTORExcerpts from the Minutes of the Fifth (5th) Regular Commission Meeting, Employees' Compensation Commission and Occupational Safety and Health Center, Series of 2018, Multi-Purpose Hall, 4th Floor, ECC Building, 355 Sen. Gil Puyat Ave., Makati City, Thursday, 04 October 2018 at 12:00 N.N.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 GSIS has primary and initial jurisdiction on the settlement of EC claims in the public sector;WHEREAS, the prevailing minimum EC survivorship and disability pension for the public sector is Php250.00 per month in accordance with Art. 173 [167] (ee) of P.D. No. 626, as amended which provides:"x x x Provided, that the monthly income benefit shall in no case be less than two hundred fifty pesos. (As amended by Sec. 1, P.D. 1921)"WHEREAS, ECC Board Resolution...