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Granting Of Carer’s Allowance To Employees’ Compensation (Ec) Permanent Partial Disability (Ppd) And Permanent Total Disability (PTD) Pensioners In The Public Sector

Executive Order No. 134

MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

EXECUTIVE ORDER No. 134

GRANTING OF CARER’S ALLOWANCE TO EMPLOYEES’ COMPENSATION (EC) PERMANENT PARTIAL DISABILITY (PPD) AND PERMANENT TOTAL DISABILITY (PTD) PENSIONERS IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR

WHEREAS, the government recognizes the need to provide supplemental pension in the form of Carer’s Allowance, as additional financial assistance to EC pensioners in the public sector in the categories of Permanent Partial Disability (PPD) and Permanent Total Disability (PTD);

WHEREAS, Carer’s Allowance has been enjoyed by pensioners in the private sector since 1991, whereas pensioners in the public sector have not been granted the same benefit;

WHEREAS, on September 27, 2012, the Employees’ Compensation Commission (ECC) adopted Resolution No. 12-09-20, approving the grant of Carer’s Allowance to pensioners in the public sector who suffer from work-connected permanent partial and permanent total disabilities;

WHEREAS, the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) actuarial studies show that the GSIS–managed State Insurance Fund (SIF) can finance the grant of Carer’s Allowance in the amount of Five Hundred Seventy Five pesos (?575.00) a month...

Summary of Executive Order No. 134

Granting of Carer's Allowance to Employees' Compensation Permanent Partial Disability and Permanent Total Disability Pensioners in the Public Sector

- Recognizes the need to provide supplemental pension in the form of Carer's Allowance as additional financial assistance to EC pensioners in the public sector under the categories of Permanent Partial Disability (PPD) and Permanent Total Disability (PTD). (Section 1)
- Carer's Allowance has been enjoyed by pensioners in the private sector since 1991, but not by pensioners in the public sector. (Whereas clause)
- The Employees' Compensation Commission (ECC) adopted Resolution No. 12-09-20 on September 27, 2012, approving the grant of Carer's Allowance to pensioners in the public sector who suffer from work-connected permanent partial and permanent total disabilities. (Whereas clause)
- The Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) actuarial studies show that the GSIS-managed State Insurance Fund (SIF) can finance the grant of Carer's Allowance in the amount of Five Hundred Seventy Five pesos (₱575.00) a month to each EC PPD and EC PTD pensioner in the public sector without affecting the stability of the GSIS-managed SIF and without requiring additional contributions from the national government. (Whereas clause)
- Grants a Carer's Allowance of Five Hundred Seventy Five Pesos (₱575.00) each to EC PPD and EC PTD pensioners in the public sector, provided that the actuarial stability of the GSIS-managed State Insurance Fund shall be guaranteed, and provided further that such grant shall not require increases in contributions. (Section 1)
- Directs the ECC and the GSIS to appropriate and release the amount necessary to cover the Carer's Allowance from the reserves of the State Insurance Fund that the GSIS administers for the public sector under the Employees' Compensation Program. (Section 2)
- The ECC shall issue rules and regulations necessary to implement this Executive Order. (Section 3)
- All Presidential issuances, rules, and regulations inconsistent with this Executive Order are hereby amended or modified accordingly. (Section 4)
- If any provision of this Executive Order is declared invalid or unconstitutional, the other provisions not affected shall remain valid and subsisting. (Section 5)
- This Executive Order shall take effect fifteen days after its publication in the Official Gazette and in a newspaper of general circulation. (Section 6)

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