Requiring the Systems to Observe Present Procedures on Elevation of Denied EC Claims

April 8, 2013ECC BOARD RESOLUTION NO. 13-04-12REQUIRING THE SYSTEMS TO OBSERVE PRESENT PROCEDURES ON ELEVATION OF DENIED EC CLAIMSExcerpts from the Minutes of the Second (2nd) Joint Regular Commission Meeting, Employees' Compensation Commission, Series of 2013, Convened at the Multi-Purpose Hall, 4th Floor, ECC Bldg., Sen. Gil Puyat Ave., Makati City, Monday, 08 April 2013 at 12:00 NN.WHEREAS, the existing Rules on Employees Compensation provide that EC claims which were denied at the SSS or the GSIS Branch shall be submitted for reconsideration to the main offices of the Systems;WHEREAS, there are several instances that the Secretariat receives transmittal of denied EC claims from a Branch of the SSS or GSIS; WHEREAS, there are also several instances when the Secretariat receives appealed cases directly from workers after denial by the Branch of the SSS or GSIS;WHEREAS, this practice results in the delay in the processing and evaluation of EC claims considering that the Secretariat would still forward the said EC cases to the concerned main office of the Systems for review or reconsideration;WHEREAS, this Commission...