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

February 29, 2016ECC BOARD RESOLUTION NO. 16-02-09REVISING THE CONDITIONS FOR THE COMPENSABILITY OF PNEUMONIA UNDER ANNEX A OF THE AMENDED RULES ON EMPLOYEES' COMPENSATION (EC)Excerpts from the Minutes of the Second (2nd) Regular Commission Meeting, Employees' Compensation Commission and Occupational Safety and Health Center, Series of 2016, Convened at Ichikawa Hall, OSHC Bldg. Agham cor. North Ave., Quezon City, Monday, 29 February 2016 at 12:00 NN.WHEREAS, Article 167 of Presidential Decree 626, as amended, partly provides that ". . . 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, on September 27, 2012 the Commission issued Board Resolution No. 12-09-18 amending the conditions for the compensability of Pneumonia in Annex A, PM. 626 as follows:21. Pneumonia: Any of the following conditions:a. There must be a direct connection between the offending agent or event and the worker based on epidemiologic criteria and occupational risk (e.g., health care workers exposed to outbreaks such as SARs, bird handlers exposed to Cryptococcus);b. Pneumonia...