Revising the Conditions for the Compensability of Deafness Under Annex A of the Amended Rules on Employees' Compensation

October 8, 2014ECC BOARD RESOLUTION NO. 14-10-32REVISING THE CONDITIONS FOR THE COMPENSABILITY OF DEAFNESS UNDER ANNEX A OF THE AMENDED RULES ON EMPLOYEES' COMPENSATIONExcerpts from the Minutes of the Sixth (6th) Joint Regular Commission Meeting, Employees' Compensation Commission, Series of 2014, Ichikawa Hall, OSHC Bldg. Agham cor. North Ave., Quezon City, Wednesday, 08 October 2014 at 12:00 NN.WHEREAS, Article 167 (1) of Presidential Decree 626, as amended, partly provides: ". . . the Commission is empowered to determine and approve occupational diseases and work-related illness that may be considered compensable based on peculiar hazards of employment." WHEREAS, Article 167 (c) empowers this Commission to approve rules and regulations governing the processing of claims;WHEREAS, pursuant to the policy of the Commission for the continuous upgrading of the benefit structure for workers through the updating of the conditions for the compensability of occupational and work-related diseases under Annex A of the Amended Rules on Employees Compensation;WHEREAS, on February 25, 2011, this Commission issued through Board Resolution no. 11-12-09 creating a Technical Review Panel to review the conditions...