Revising the Conditions for the Compensability of Hernia Under Annex A of the Amended Rules on Employees' Compensation (EC)

July 27, 2015ECC BOARD RESOLUTION NO. 15-07-34REVISING THE CONDITIONS FOR THE COMPENSABILITY OF HERNIA UNDER ANNEX A OF THE AMENDED RULES ON EMPLOYEES' COMPENSATION (EC)Excerpts from the Minutes of the Sixth (6th) Regular Commission Meeting, Employees' Compensation Commission, Series of 2015, Convened at the Large Training Room, OSHC Bldg. Agham cor. North Ave., Quezon City, Monday, 27 July 2015 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, it is the thrust of the Commission to continuously upgrade the EC 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 Board Resolution No. 11-12-09 creating a Technical Review Panel to review the...