Revising the Conditions for the Compensability of Pulmonary Tuberculosis Under Annex "A" of the Amended Rules on Employees' Compensation

November 28, 2011ECC BOARD RESOLUTION NO. 11-11-29REVISING THE CONDITIONS FOR THE COMPENSABILITY OF PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS UNDER ANNEX "A" OF THE AMENDED RULES ON EMPLOYEES' COMPENSATIONExcerpts from the Minutes of the Ninth (9th) Regular Commission Meeting, Employees' Compensation Commission, Series of 2011, Convened at ECC Board Room, 5th Floor, ECC Bldg., Sen. Gil Puyat Ave., Makati City, Monday, November 28, 2011 at 12:00 P.M.WHEREAS, Article 167 (I) of P.D. No. 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 177 (c) empowers this Commission to approve rules and regulations governing the processing of EC claims;WHEREAS, pursuant to the policy of the Commission for the continuous upgrading of the benefit structure for workers through the updating on the conditions for compensability of occupational diseases and work-related illnesses under Annex "A" of the Amended Rules on Employees' Compensation and due to recent developments in the field of Occupational Medicine, this Commission finds it necessary...