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Summary

Book 4: Health, Safety and Social Welfare Benefits  inspection of steam boilers, pressure
vessels and pipings and electrical
CHAPTER II installations,
OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY  the test and approval for safe use of
materials, equipment and other safety
Art. 162. Safety and health
Purpose: To devices
standards. The Secretary of
protect every  the approval of plans for such materials,
Labor and Employment shall,
worker against equipment and devices.
by appropriate orders, set and
enforce mandatorythe dangers of
occupational safety and health injury, sickness
The fee so collected shall be deposited in the
standards to eliminate or or death
national treasury to the credit of the occupational
reduce occupational safety and through safe
safety and health fund and shall be expended
and
health hazards in all workplaces healthy
exclusively for the administration and enforcement
and institute new, and update working
of safety and other labor laws administered by the
existing, programs to ensure conditions,
Department of Labor and Employment.
safe and healthful working thereby
conditions in all places of assuring the
conservation Art. 163. Research. It shall be the responsibility
employment.
of valuable of the Department of Labor and Employment to
manpower resources and the prevention of loss or conduct continuing studies and research to
damage to lives and properties. develop innovative methods, techniques and
approaches for dealing with occupational safety
and health problems; to discover latent diseases
LABOR SECRETARY AUTHORITY
by establishing causal connections between
diseases and work in environmental conditions;
A. Art 162. and to develop medical criteria which will assure
insofar as practicable that no employee will suffer
May set and enforce mandatory occupational safety impairment or diminution in health, functional
and health standards to: capacity, or life expectancy as a result of his work
and working conditions.
 eliminate or reduce occupational safety and
health hazards in all workplaces Art. 164. Training
 institute new, and update existing, programs. The Department of
programs to ensure safe and healthful Labor and Employment shall
working conditions in all places of develop and implement
employment. training programs to increase
the number and competence of
B. Art 165. personnel in the field of
occupational safety and
Collect reasonable fees through appropriate industrial health.
regulations for the:
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Art. 165. Administration of safety and health

laws. capacity, or life expectancy as a result
of his work and working conditions.
a. The Department of Labor and
Employment shall be solely responsible b. Art. 164. Training programs - develop and
for the administration and enforcement implement training programs to increase the
of occupational safety and health laws, number and competence of personnel in the field
regulations and standards in all of occupational safety and industrial health.
establishments and workplaces
wherever they may be located; c. Art. 165. Administration of safety and health
however, chartered cities may be laws
allowed to conduct industrial safety
inspections of establishments within Coverage
their respective jurisdictions where they
have adequate facilities and competent Covers all establishments, workplaces and other
personnel for the purpose as undertakings, including agricultural enterprises,
determined by the Department of Labor whether operating for profit or not.
and Employment and subject to national
Exceptions:
standards established by the latter.
 Engaged in land, sea and air transportation,
b. The Secretary of Labor and Employment
except their garages, dry-docks, hangars,
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maintenance and repair shops and offices;
 Residential places exclusively devoted to
dwelling purposes; and
 Activities of a lessee regarding safety of mining
installations, surface or underground, within
the mining claim or lease, including mine
safety, mineral conservation and problem of
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AUTHORITY pollution in establishments or workplaces
falling under “Mining Industry” as classified by
a. Art. 163. Research the NEDA.
I. to conduct continuing studies and
research to develop innovative
methods, techniques and approaches
for dealing with occupational safety
and health problems;
II. to discover latent diseases by
establishing causal connections
between diseases and work in
environmental conditions; and
III. to develop medical criteria which will
assure insofar as practicable that no
employee will suffer impairment or
diminution in health, functional
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hundred eighty-six, as amended, including

the members of the Armed Forces of the
TITLE II Philippines, and any person employed as
EMPLOYEES’ COMPENSATION AND STATE casual, emergency, temporary, substitute
or contractual, or any person
INSURANCE FUND
compulsorily covered by the SSS under
Republic Act Numbered Eleven hundred
CHAPTER I
sixty-one, as amended.
POLICY AND DEFINITIONS
h. “Person” means any individual,
Art. 166. Policy. The State shall promote and partnership, firm, association, trust,
develop a tax-exempt employees’ compensation corporation or legal representative
program whereby employees and their thereof.
dependents, in the event of work-connected
disability or death, may promptly secure adequate i. “Dependent” means the legitimate,
income benefit and medical related benefits. legitimated or legally adopted or
acknowledged natural child who is
Art. 167. Definition of terms. As used in this Title, unmarried, not gainfully employed, and
unless the context indicates otherwise: not over twenty-one (21) years of age or
over twenty-one (21) years of age
provided he is incapacitated and
a. “Code” means the Labor Code of the
incapable of self-support due to a physical
Philippines instituted under Presidential
or mental defect which is congenital or
Decree Numbered four hundred forty-
acquired during minority; the legitimate
two, as amended.
spouse living with the employee and the
parents of said employee wholly
b. “Commission” means the Employees’
dependent upon him for regular support.
Compensation Commission created under
this Title.
j. “Beneficiaries” means the dependent
spouse until he/she remarries and
c. “SSS” means the Social Security System
dependent children, who are the primary
created under Republic Act Numbered
beneficiaries. In their absence, the
Eleven hundred sixty-one, as amended.
dependent parents and subject to the
restrictions imposed on dependent
d. “GSIS” means the Government Service
children, the illegitimate children and
Insurance System created under
legitimate descendants, who are the
Commonwealth Act Numbered One
secondary beneficiaries: Provided, That
hundred eighty-six, as amended.
the dependent acknowledged natural
child shall be considered as a primary
e. “System” means the SSS or GSIS, as the
beneficiary when there are no other
case may be.
dependent children who are qualified and
eligible for monthly income benefit.
f. “Employer” means any person, natural or
juridical, employing the services of the
k. “Injury” means any harmful change in the
employee.
human organism from any accident
arising out of and in the course of the
g. “Employee” means any person
employment.
compulsorily covered by the GSIS under
Commonwealth Act Numbered One
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l. “Sickness” means any illness definitely accredited by the Commission.

accepted as an occupational disease listed
by the Commission, or any illness caused v. “Physician” means any doctor of medicine
by employment subject to proof that the duly licensed to practice in the
risk of contracting the same is increased Philippines, an active member in good
by working conditions. For this purpose, standing of the Philippine Medical
the Commission is empowered to Association and accredited by the
determine and approve occupational Commission.
diseases and work-related illnesses that
may be considered compensable based w. “Wages” or “Salary”, insofar as they refer
on peculiar hazards of employment. to the computation of benefits defined in
Republic Act No. 1161, as amended, for
m. “Death” means loss of life resulting from SSS and Presidential Decree No. 1146, as
injury or sickness. amended, for GSIS, respectively, except
that part in excess of Three Thousand
n. “Disability” means loss or impairment of a Pesos.
physical or mental function resulting from
injury or sickness. x. “Monthly salary credit” means the wage
or salary base for contributions as
o. “Compensation” means all payments provided in Republic Act Numbered
made under this Title for income benefits Eleven hundred sixty-one, as amended, or
and medical or related benefits. the wages or salary.

p. “Income benefit” means all payments y. “Average monthly salary credit” in the
made under this Title to the providers of case of the SSS means the result obtained
medical care, rehabilitation services and by dividing the sum of the monthly salary
hospital care. credits in the sixty-month period
immediately following the semester of
q. “Medical benefit” means all payments death or permanent disability by sixty
made under this Title to the providers of (60), except where the month of death or
medical care, rehabilitation services and permanent disability falls within eighteen
hospital care. (18) calendar months from the month of
coverage, in which case, it is the result
r. “Related benefit” means all payments obtained by dividing the sum of all
made under this Title for appliances and monthly salary credits paid prior to the
supplies. month of contingency by the total
number of calendar months of coverage
s. “Appliances” means crutches, artificial in the same period.
aids and other similar devices.
z. “Average daily salary credit” in the case of
t. “Supplies” means medicine and other the SSS means the result obtained by
medical, dental or surgical items. dividing the sum of the six (6) highest
monthly salary credits in the twelve-
u. “Hospital” means any medical facility, month period immediately preceding the
government or private, authorized by law, semester of sickness or injury by one
an active member in good standing of the hundred eighty (180), except where the
Philippine Hospital Association and month of injury falls within twelve (12)
calendar months from the first month of
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coverage, in which case it is the result monthly salary credit multiplied by the
obtained by dividing the sum of all replacement ratio, and one and a half
monthly salary credits by thirty (30) times percent of the average monthly salary
the number of calendar months of credit for each credited year of service in
coverage in the period. excess of ten years: Provided, That the
monthly income benefit shall in no case
In the case of the GSIS, the average daily be less than two hundred fifty pesos.
salary credit shall be the actual daily
salary or wage, or the monthly salary or
wage divided by the actual number of
working days of the month of
contingency.

aa. “Quarter” means a period of three (3)

consecutive months ending on the last
days of March, June, September and
December.

bb. “Semester” means a period of two

consecutive quarters ending in the
quarter of death, permanent disability,
injury or sickness.

cc. “Replacement ratio” – The sum of twenty

percent and the quotient obtained by
dividing three hundred by the sum of
three hundred forty and the average
monthly salary credit.

dd. “Credited years of service” – For a

member covered prior to January, 1975,
nineteen hundred seventy-five minus the
calendar year of coverage, plus the
number of calendar years in which six or
more contributions have been paid from
January, 1975 up to the calendar year
containing the semester prior to the
contingency. For a member covered on or
after January, 1975, the number of
calendar years in which six or more
contributions have been paid from the
year of coverage up to the calendar year
containing the semester prior to the
contingency.

ee. “Monthly income benefit” means the

amount equivalent to one hundred fifteen
percent of the sum of the average
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or life insurance benefit administered by the

System shall be subject to compulsory coverage.

Art. 169. Foreign employment.

The Commission shall ensure OVERSEAS
adequate coverage of Filipino FILIPINO
Art. 168. Compulsory coverage. Coverage in the
employees employed abroad, WORKERS
State Insurance Fund shall be compulsory upon
subject to regulations as it may
all employers and their employees not over sixty
prescribe.
(60) years of age: Provided, that an employee Filipinos working
who is over (60) years of age and paying abroad for an employer who carries on in the
contributions to qualify for the retirement or life Philippines any trade, business, industry are covered,
insurance benefit administered by the System and entitled to same benefits to employees working
in the Philippines.
shall be subject to compulsory coverage.

EFFECTIVE
DATE OF
CHAPTER II COVERAGE

COVERAGE AND LIABILITY First day of

operation but
not earlier
than January 1,
1975.
Art. 171. Registration. Each
1. COVERED EMPLOYERS employer and his employees
Art. 170.
shall Effective
register dateSystem
with the of in
• All employers, whether belonging to the public or coverage. Compulsory
accordance with its regulations.
private sector are covered. coverage of the employer
• Public Sector: covered by GSIS comprising the during the effectivity of this
National Government, Government REGISTRATION
Title shall take effect on the
owned/controlled corporations, Philippine first day of his operation, and
Tuberculosis society, The Philippine National Red 1.that
REGISTRATION
of the employee,PROCEDURE
on the (RULE II OF
Cross, and Philippine Veterans Bank. THE
date ofAMENDED RULES ON EMPLOYEES’
his employment.
• Private Sector: Covered by SSS. COMPENSATION)

2. COVERED EMPLOYEES Section1 – Requirement

GR; All employees not over 60 years old, whether
a. Every employer shall register with the
private or public.
System by accomplishing the prescribed
EXP: employee who is over (60) years of age and forms
paying contributions to qualify for the retirement b. Every employee shall be registered with
the System through his employer by
accomplishing the prescribed forms
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Section 2 – GSIS (applicable to public sector)

a. employer operating before January 1, 1975 – 3. EFFECT OF FAILURE TO REPORT

register not later than March 31, 1975
b. employer operating on or after January 1,  Employer – fine (P1,000-P10,000)
1975 – register within one month from the and/or imprisonment for duration of
first day of operation the violation or non-compliance or until
such time that rectification of the
Section 3 – SSS (applicable to private sector) violation has been made, at the
discretion of the Court
a. employer already registered – need not  Compensable contingency occurs after
register again; automatically registered 30 days and before the System receives
b. employer not yet registered – register not any report for coverage about the
later than the first day of operation employee or EC contribution on his
c. employee already registered – need not behalf – employer liable to System for
register again; automatically registered the lump sum equivalent to the benefits
d. employee not yet registered – register not to which he or his dependents may be
later than the date of employment entitled
e. only one registration is needed for SSS,
Medicare and Employee’s Compensation
Art. 172. Limitation of liability.
GUIDELINES IN REPORTING AN The State Insurance Fund shall FACTORS
UNREGISTERED EMPLOYEE BY EMPLOYER be liable for compensation to THAT BAR
the employee or his
a. every employee already reported need not dependents, except when the
be reported again; automatically reported disability or death was
b. newly hired employee – reported by his occasioned by the employee’s
employer not later than 30 days from date of intoxication, willful intention to
employment injure or kill himself or another,
c. every employee shall be deemed as having notorious negligence, or
been duly reported for coverage if the otherwise provided under this
System has received a report or written Title.
communication about him from his
employer or an EC contribution paid in his COMPENSABILITY
name by his employer, before a
compensable contingency occurs 1. Intoxication
2. Willful intention to injure or kill
2. WHEN AN EMPLOYEE IS DEEMED himself or another
REPORTED 3. Notorious negligence

 When the SSS or GSIS has received a

report or written communication about
him from his employer and Employees’
Compensation contribution paid in his
name before a compensable
contingency occurs
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 Art. 173 – payment of compensation under this

Art. 173. Extent of liability. Title shall nor bar recovery of benefits as
Unless otherwise provided, the provided for in:
liability of the State Insurance  Sec. 699 of Revised Administrative Code
Fund under this Title shall be
exclusive and in place of all o RA 1161, as amended
other liabilities of the employer o RA 610, as amended
o RA 4864, as amended
to the employee, his
dependents or anyone
otherwise entitled to receive  Other laws whose benefits are administered by
the System or by other agencies of the
damages on behalf of the
government
employee or his dependents.
The payment of compensation
under this Title shall not bar Q: Does it mean that the
the recovery of benefits as employee can recover from
provided for in Section 699 of both the Labor Code and other
the Revised Administrative specified laws?
Code, Republic Act Numbered
Eleven hundred sixty-one, as A: No (Rule IV of the Amended Rules on Employees’
amended, Republic Act Compensation)
Numbered Forty-eight hundred
SEC. 2. Exclusiveness –
sixty-four as amended, and
(a) Whenever other laws provide similar benefits for
other laws whose benefits are the same contingency covered by these Rules, the
administered by the System or employee who qualifies for the benefits shall have
by other agencies of the the option to choose under which law will be paid to
government. (As amended by him. However if benefits chosen by law are less than
Presidential Decree No. 1921). the benefit provided under these Rules – Employees’
Compensation to pay only the difference in benefits

EXCLUSIVENESS OF LIABILITY (b) The employee shall not be qualified to avail

himself at the same time of similar benefits provided
 Liability of State Insurance Fund is exclusive and by different laws, except the difference in benefits
in place of all other liabilities which the employer
may have to the employee, his dependents or
Art. 174. Liability of third
anyone entitled to receive damages in behalf of
the employee or his dependents
party/ies. INJURY OR
 Relieves the employer from any further DEATH
When the disability or death is
obligation to directly pay compensation benefits CAUSED BY
caused by circumstances
to its employees for work-connected sickness or creating a legal liability against
A THIRD
injury a third party, the disabled PARTY
employee or the dependents, THIRD
RECOVERY UNDER OTHER LAWS in case of his death, shall be PARTY
paid by the System under this
Title. In case benefit is paid  Any
under this Title, the System person
shall be subrogated to the
rights of the disabled employee
or the dependents, in case of
his death, in accordance with
the general law.
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who is not the employer of the injured

employee
CHAPTER III
 Injury or death caused by a third party is
compensable if all the requisites for ADMINISTRATION
compensability are met, but claimant cannot
receive payment twice for the same injury

Art. 175. Deprivation of the benefits. Except as

otherwise provided under this Title, no contract,
regulation or device whatsoever shall operate to
deprive the employee or his dependents of any
part of the income benefits and medical or
related services granted under this Title. Existing
medical services being provided by the employer
shall be maintained and continued to be enjoyed
by their employees.

NULL AND VOID

Any contract, regulation or device which operate to

deprive the employee or his dependents of any part
of the income benefits and medical or related
service
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c. The general conduct of the operations and

management functions of the GSIS or SSS
under this Title shall be vested in its
COMPOSITION OF EMPLOYEE'S respective chief executive officers, who shall
be immediately responsible for carrying out
the policies of the Commission.
Art. 176. Employees’ Compensation Commission.
d. The Commission shall have the status and
a. To initiate, rationalize, and coordinate the category of a government corporation, and it
policies of the employees’ compensation is hereby deemed attached to the
program, the Employees’ Compensation Department of Labor and Employment for
Commission is hereby created to be policy coordination and guidance. (As
composed of five ex-officio members, namely: amended by Section 2, Presidential Decree
the Secretary of Labor and Employment as No. 1368)
Chairman, the GSIS General Manager, the SSS a. Chairman
Administrator, the Chairman of the Philippine - Secretary of Labor and Employment
b. Ex-Officio Members
Medical Care Commission, and the Executive
- Executive Director of ECC
Director of the ECC Secretariat, and two - 6816 General Manager
appointive members, one of whom shall - Chairman of Medicare Commission
represent the employees and the other, the c. Appointive Members
employers, to be appointed by the President - Employees' Representative
of the Philippines for a term of six years. The - Employers' Representative
appointive member shall have at least five
QUALIFICATION
years experience in workmen’s compensation
Appointive members - at least five (5) years
or social security programs. All vacancies shall experience in workmen's compensation or
be filled for the unexpired term only. (As social security program
amended by Section 19 [c], Executive Order
No. 126) TERM OF OFFICE
Appointive members - six (6) years
b. The Vice Chairman of the Commission shall be Vacancies - filled for unexpired term only
alternated each year between the GSIS
ART. 177. POWERS AND DUTIES.
General Manager and the SSS Administrator.
The presence of four members shall
constitute a quorum. Each member shall The Commission shall have the following powers and
receive a per diem of two hundred pesos for duties:
every meeting that is actually attended by
a. To assess and fix a rate of contribution from
him, exclusive of actual, ordinary and
all employers;
necessary travel and representation
expenses. In his absence, any member may b. To determine the rate of contribution
designate an official of the institution he payable by an employer whose records
serves on full-time basis as his representative show a high frequency of work accidents or
to act in his behalf. (As amended by Section 2, occupational diseases due to failure by the
Presidential Decree No. 1368) said employer to observe adequate safety
measures;
COMPENSATION COMMISSION
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c. To approve rules and regulations governing h. To have the power to administer oath and
the processing of claims and the settlement affirmation, and to issue subpoena and
of disputes arising therefrom as prescribed subpoena duces tecum in connection with
by the System; any question or issue arising from appealed
cases under this Title;
d. To initiate policies and programs toward
adequate occupational health and safety
and accident prevention in the working i. To sue and be sued in court;
environment, rehabilitation other than
those provided for under Article 190 hereof,
and other related programs and activities, j. To acquire property, real or personal, which
and to appropriate funds therefor; (As may be necessary or expedient for the
amended by Section 3, Presidential Decree attainment of the purposes of this Title;
No. 1368)
k. To enter into agreements or contracts for
e. To make the necessary actuarial studies and such services and as may be needed for the
calculations concerning the grant of proper, efficient and stable administration
constant help and income benefits for of the program;
permanent disability or death and the
rationalization of the benefits for
permanent disability and death under the l. To perform such other acts as it may deem
Title with benefits payable by the System appropriate for the attainment of the
for similar contingencies: Provided, That the purposes of the Commission and proper
Commission may upgrade benefits and add enforcement of the provisions of this
new ones subject to approval of the Title. (As amended by Section 18,
President: and Provided, further, That the Presidential Decree No. 850)
actuarial stability of the State Insurance
Fund shall be guaranteed: Provided, finally,
That such increases in benefits shall not DISBURSEMENT LIMITATION FOR
require any increases in contribution,
except as provided for in paragraph (b)
hereof; (As amended by Section 3,
Art. 178. Management of funds. All revenues
Presidential Decree No. 1641)
collected by the System under this Title shall be
f. To appoint the personnel of its staff, subject deposited, invested, administered and disbursed
to civil service law and rules, but exempt in the same manner and under the same
from WAPCO law and regulations; conditions, requirements and safeguards as
provided by Republic Act Numbered eleven
g. To adopt annually a budget of expenditures hundred sixty-one, as amended, with regard to
of the Commission and its staff chargeable
such other funds as are thereunder being paid to
against the State Insurance Fund: Provided,
That the SSS and GSIS shall advance on a or collected by the SSS and GSIS, respectively:
quarterly basis, the remittances of Provided, That the Commission, SSS and GSIS
allotment of the loading fund for the may disburse each year not more than twelve
Commission’s operational expenses based percent of the contribution and investment
on its annual budget as duly approved by earnings collected for operational expenses,
the Department of Budget and including occupational health and safety
Management; (As amended by Section 3,
programs, incidental to the carrying out of this
Presidential Decree No. 1921)
Title.
OPERATIONAL EXPENSES
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Twelve percent (12%) of the contributions and JURISDICTION FOR CLAIMS

investment earning collected
ORIGINAL AND EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION
Art. 179. Investment of
funds. Provisions of existing  Disputes relating to coverage, entitlement
laws to the contrary THE STATE to benefits, collection and payment of
notwithstanding, all revenues INSURANCE contributions and penalties thereon or any
as are not needed to meet FUND matter related thereto
current operational expenses  GSIS – employees under the public sector
under this Title shall be  Comp  SSS – employees under the private sector
accumulated in a fund to be rised
known as the State Insurance of all APPELLATE JURISDICTION
Fund, which shall be used
 Employee’s Compensation Commission
exclusively for payment of the
 Within thirty (30) calendar days from
benefits under this Title, and no
receipt of decision
amount thereof shall be used
for any other purpose. All
APPEAL TO THE SUPREME COURT
amounts accruing to the State
Insurance Fund, which is
 Pure questions of law by way of appeal by
hereby established in the SSS
certiorari under Rule 45 of the rules of
and GSIS, respectively, shall be
Court
deposited with any authorized
 Within 15 days from notice of final order or
depository bank approved by
resolution appealed from
the Commission, or invested
with due and prudent regard
Art. 182. Enforcement of
for the liquidity needs of the
decisions.
System. (As amended by PAYMENT
Section 4, Presidential Decree a. Any decision, order or OF AWARDS
No. 1368) resolution of the
revenues that are not needed to meet Commission shall
current operational expenses become final and
 Cannot be used for any purpose than Art. 181. Review.
executoryDecisions, orders or resolutions
if no appeal
payment of the employee’s compensation of the Commission
is takenmaytherefrom
be reviewed on certiorari
benefits within Court
by the Supreme ten (10) days
on question of law upon
 Deposited with any authorized depositary from notice thereof.
petition of an aggrieved party within ten (10)
bank approved by the Employees’ All awards granted by
days from notice thereof.
Compensation Commission or invested with the Commission in
due regard for the liquidity needs of the cases appealed from
System decisions of the Decisions,
System shall be orders or
effected within fifteen resolutions of
days from receipt of the ECC en
Art. 180. Settlement of claims.
notice. banc shall be
The System shall have original
complied with
and exclusive jurisdiction to
settle any dispute arising from b. In all other cases,
this Title with respect to decisions, orders and
coverage, entitlement to resolutions of the
benefits, collection and Commission which
payment of contributions and have become final and
penalties thereon, or any other executory shall be
matter related thereto, subject enforced and executed
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by the SSS or GSIS within fifteen (15) days from PAYMENT OF PREMIUM CONTRIBUTIONS
receipt

ENFORCEMENT OF OTHER DECISIONS Sole Obligation of Employer

 Any contract or device for the deduction of any

 Same manner as decisions of the RTC
portion thereof from the wages of the employee
 Employees’ Compensation Commission (ECC)
– null and void
 Power to issue to the City or Provincial  Contributions – non-refundable
Sheriff or to the Sheriff it may appoint, such
writs of execution as may be necessary for
the enforcement of such decisions, orders EFFECT OF DEATH OR SEPARATION FROM
or resolutions EMPLOYMENT

Employer’s obligation to pay the monthly

CHAPTER IV contribution ceases in the last day of the month of
CONTRIBUTIONS contingency

Art. 183. Employers’ Art. 184. Government guarantee. The Republic

contributions. of the Philippines guarantees the benefits
prescribed under this Title, and accepts general
a. Under such responsibility for the solvency of the State
regulations as the Insurance Fund. In case of any deficiency, the
System may prescribe, same shall be covered by supplemental
beginning as of the
appropriations from the national government.
last day of the month
when an employee’s
compulsory coverage EFFECT OF DISABILITY
takes effect and every
month thereafter Employer’s obligation suspended during the months
during his that he is not receiving salary or wages
employment, his
employer shall PURPOSE : Assure that the employee is paid the
prepare to remit to benefits due him if the State Insurance Fund runs out
the System a of money
contribution
equivalent to one
percent of his monthly
salary credit.

b. The rate of
contribution shall be
reviewed periodically
and subject to the
limitations herein
provided, may be
revised as the
experience in risk, cost
of administration and
actual or anticipated
as well as unexpected
losses, may require.

c. Contributions under
this Title shall be paid
in their entirety by the
employer and any
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Meaning of Ward Services

 Ward – hospital room that can

CHAPTER V accommodate six (6) or more patients
 Covers all of the services an in-patient
MEDICAL BENEFITS would ordinarily receive in a hospital, such
as:
MEDICAL
Art. 185. Medical services. a. Bed in a ward (6 beds/room)
SERVICES
Immediately after an b. All meals, including special diets
employee contracts sickness c. Regular nursing services
or sustains an injury, he shall Scope of d. Medicines furnished by the
be provided by the System Medical hospital
during the subsequent period Services e. Laboratory services such as blood
of his disability with such and urine tests
medical services and 1. Ward f. Radiology services such as x-rays
appliances as the nature of g. Medical supplies such as splints
and casts
his sickness or injury and
h. Use of appliances and equipment
progress of his recovery may
furnished by the
require, subject to the
i. hospital, such as
expense limitation prescribed wheelchairs, crutches and
by the Commission. braces
services during confinement in an i. Anesthetic services
accredited hospital j. Operating room charges
2. Subsequent domiciliary care by an k. Surgery
accredited physician l. Doctor’s services
3. Medicines
4. Ambulatory services in an accredited Not Included in Ward Services
hospital, in case of injury
a. Extra charge for more comfortable
Condition for Entitlement accommodation e.g. private and semi-private
rooms
1. Employee should have duly reported to the b. Personal comfort or convenience e.g. charges
SSS or GSIS for the use of a telephone, radio or television
2. He sustains an injury or contracts sickness c. Private duty nurse
3. The System has been duly notified of the
injury or sickness Medicines

Period of Entitlement  Provided by the hospital at a cost not exceeding

the retail prices prevailing in local drugstores
 Beginning with the first day of injury or sickness,
during the subsequent period of his disability, and as Payment
the progress of his recovery may require, subject to
the periodic submission of a medical report on his  Made directly to the providers of the medical
disability certified by his physicians services in such amount as are prevailing in the
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community for similar services or as provided for in

the Rules, whichever is less

ATTENDING PHYSICIAN

Obligations of Attending Physician

Art. 186. Liability. The System
shall have the authority to
a. Comply with all the regulations of the SSS or the
choose or order a change of CHANGE OF GSIS b. Submit medical reports using the prescribed
physician, hospital or
MEDICAL form
rehabilitation facility for the
employee, and shall not be SERVICES
2. Medical Information Not Privileged
liable for compensation for Communication
any aggravation of the  Should be
employee’s injury or sickness approved by Employees’ compensation cases
resulting from unauthorized the SSS or
changes by the employee of GSIS,
medical services, appliances,
 Art. 187 – “No information developed in
otherwise, connection with treatment or examination
supplies, hospitals, System cannot for which compensation is sought shall be
rehabilitation facilities or be held liable
physicians. for
Art. 188. Refusal of examination or
Art. 187. Attending physician. Any treatment. If the employee unreasonably
physician attending an injured or sick refuses to submit to medical examination
employee shall comply with all the or treatment, the System shall stop the
regulations of the System and submit payment of further compensation during
reports in prescribed forms at such time such time as such refusal continues.
as may be required concerning his What constitutes an unreasonable
condition or treatment. All medical refusal shall be determined by the
information relevant to the particular System which may, on its own initiative,
injury or sickness shall, on demand, be determine the necessity, character and
made available to the employee or the sufficiency of any medical services
System. No information developed in furnished or to be furnished.
connection with treatment or considered as privileged communication”
examination for which compensation is
sought shall be considered as privileged SUSPENSION OF COMPENSATION
communication. PAYMENTS
compensation for any aggravation of the injury or
sickness resulting from any unauthorized changes  Refusal of an employee to submit to
medical examination or treatment should
be unreasonable
 “unreasonable refusal” – matter to be
determined by SSS or GSIS
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1. Surgeon’s fee according to the ECC Relative

Art. 189. Fees and other
Value Study
charges. All fees and 2. Anesthesiologist’s fee ordinarily not
other charges for hospital FEES AND exceeding 25% of the surgeon’s fee
services, medical care and CHARGES 3. Operating fee ordinarily not exceeding 25%
appliances, including of the surgeon’s fee
professional fees, shall FOR
 Surgeon’s fee – paid to surgeon who performed
not be higher than those HOSPITAL
the operation; anesthesiologist’s fee –
prevailing in wards of anesthesiologist; conditions:
hospitals for similar
services to injured or sick 1. Only one surgeon paid per operation
persons in general and 2. Only one anesthesiologist, if any, paid per
shall be subject to the operation
3. Local anesthesia, other than regional nerve
regulations of the block anesthesia shall not be compensable
Commission. Professional
fees shall only be  Operating room fee – paid by SSS or GSIS only
appreciably higher than for surgical procedure done in the operating-
those prescribed under
Republic Act Numbered
Art. 190. Rehabilitation
sixty-one hundred eleven, services.
as amended, otherwise
known as the Philippine The System shall, as soon as
Medical Care Act of 1969. practicable, establish a
CONFINEMENT continuing program, for the
rehabilitation of injured and
handicapped employees who
o Injury – benefit not to exceed actual cost of
shall be entitled to
ward services in an accredited hospital
rehabilitation services, which
o Sickness – benefit not to exceed the actual
shall consist of medical, surgical
cost of ward in an accredited hospital or hospital treatment, including
equipped with facilities necessary for the
appliances if they have been
treatment of the disease handicapped by the injury, to
help them become physically
FOR DOMICILIARY CARE independent.

Benefit not to exceed P50.00 for the first As soon as practicable, the
visit and P50.00 for each subsequent visit System shall establish centers
equipped and staffed to
FOR AMBULATORY SERVICES provide a balanced program of
remedial treatment, vocational
Benefit not to exceed P60.00/day exclusive assessment and preparation
of drugs and medicines designed to meet the individual
needs of each handicapped
FOR SURGICAL SERVICES employee to restore him to
suitable employment, including
 Surgical expense benefit assistance as may be within its
resources, to help each
rehabilitee to develop his
mental, vocational or social
potential
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diagnostic-therapeutic room complex of the

accredited hospital

CONDITIONS FOR REHABILITATION

Art. 191. Temporary total disability.

1. Employee has been reported to the SSS or Under such regulations as the
GSIS
Commission may approve, any employee
2. He sustains a permanent disability as a
result of a compensable injury or sickness under this Title who sustains an injury or
3. He has to been placed in suitable contracts sickness resulting in temporary
employment total disability shall, for each day of such
a disability or fraction thereof, be paid by
PERIOD OF ENTITLEMENT the System an income benefit equivalent
to ninety percent of his average daily
 Period of disability unless suspended or
terminated under any of the following grounds:
salary credit, subject to the following
conditions: the daily income benefit shall
1. Upon suitable employment not be less than Ten Pesos nor more than
2. Upon suspension or termination of such Ninety Pesos, nor paid for a continuous
services by the Rehabilitation Center by period longer than one hundred twenty
self-termination days, except as otherwise provided for in
3. By self-termination
the Rules, and the System shall be
EXTENT OF SERVICES notified of the injury or sickness. (As
amended by Section 2, Executive Order
1. Medical-surgical management No. 179)
2. Hospitalization
3. Necessary appliances and supplies The payment of such income benefit
4. Vocational training shall be in accordance with the
5. Assistance for placement
regulations of the Commission. (As
 Transportation allowance between place of
amended by Section 19, Presidential
residence and the rehabilitation facility, lunch, and Decree No. 850)
dormitory allowance in appropriate cases may be
included in the extent of services

LIMITATIONS

 System not legally responsible when the injury,

sickness, disability, or death during the CHAPTER VI
rehabilitation is occasioned by any of the following:
DISABILITY BENEFITS
1. Intoxication
2. Willful intention to injure or kill himself or
TEMPORARY TOTAL DISABILITY
another
3. Notorious negligence
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 Healing time, or that period of time in c. SSS or GSIS has been duly notified of
which the claimant employee, by reason the injury or sickness which caused his
of the injury or sickness, is unable to disability
perform any kind of labor
PURPOSE OF THE LAW

To compensate the employee for what he

might have earned during the period of
treatment
Situations:

a. As a result of the injury or sickness, the

employee is unable to perform any gainful PERIOD FOR ENTITLEMENT
occupation for a continuous period not
exceeding 120 days Maximum of 120 days

b. The injury or sickness still requires  Exception – injury or sickness still

medical attendance beyond 120 days but requires medical attendance beyond
not to exceed 240 days from the onset of 120 days but not to exceed 240 days
disability from onset of disability

 Disablement of a employee to earn RELAPSE OF ILLNESS

wages in the same kind of work of Art. 192. Permanent total disability.
similar nature, that he was trained for
and accustomed to perform, or any kind Under such regulations as the
of work which a person of his mentality Commission may approve, any employee
and attachment could do under this Title who contracts sickness or
 Disability – understood on the loss of sustains an injury resulting in his
earning capacity permanent total disability shall, for each
month until his death, be paid by the
 Reason: it is not the injury that is System during such a disability, an
compensated but the incapacity to amount equivalent to the monthly
work resulting in the impairment of income benefit, plus ten percent thereof
one’s earning capacity for each dependent child, but not
exceeding five, beginning with the
CONDITIONS FOR ENTITLEMENT TO youngest and without substitution:
TEMPORARY TOTAL DISABILITY Provided, That the monthly income
benefit shall be the new amount of the
a. Employee duly has been reported to monthly benefit for all covered
SSS or GSIS pensioners, effective upon approval of
b. He sustains temporary total disability as this Decree.
a result of the injury or sickness
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Considered independent of and separate Art. 1

from the period covered by the original
disability in the computation of his income a.
benefit for temporary total disability

SUSPENSION OF INCOME BENEFIT

Failure of employee to submit to the SSS or

GSIS a monthly medical report on his
disability certified by his attending physician

b.

Comp

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PERMANENT TOTAL
DISABILITY
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c. A loss of a wrist shall be considered as

A person’s disability might not emerge at one a loss of the hand, and a loss of an elbow g. Un
precise moment in time but rather over a period of shall be considered as a loss of the arm. Comm
time
A loss of an ankle shall be considered as benefi
loss of a foot, and a loss of a knee shall partia
be considered as a loss of the leg. A loss pensio
of more than one joint shall be covere
The monthly income benefit shall be considered as a loss of one-half of the added
guaranteed for five years, and shall be whole finger or toe: Provided, That such No. 13
suspended if the employee is gainfully a loss shall be either the functional loss
employed, or recovers from his of the use or physical loss of the
permanent total disability, or fails to member. (As amended by Section 7,
present himself for examination at least Presidential Decree No. 1368)
once a year upon notice by the System,
except as otherwise provided for in other d. In case of permanent partial disability
laws, decrees, orders or Letters of less than the total loss of the member
Instructions. (As amended by Section 5, specified in the preceding paragraph, the
Presidential Decree No. 1641) same monthly income benefit shall be
paid for a portion of the period
The following disabilities shall be established for the total loss of the
deemed total and permanent: member in accordance with the
proportion that the partial loss bears to
1. Temporary total disability lasting the total loss. If the result is a decimal
continuously for more than one fraction, the same shall be rounded off to
hundred twenty days, except as the next higher integer.
otherwise provided for in the
Rules; e. In cases of simultaneous loss of more
2. Complete loss of sight of both than one member or a part thereof as
eyes; specified in this Article, the same
3. Loss of two limbs at or above the monthly income benefit shall be paid for
ankle or wrist; a period equivalent to the sum of the
4. Permanent complete paralysis of periods established for the loss of the
two limbs; member or the part thereof. If the result
5. Brain injury resulting in incurable is a decimal fraction, the same shall be
imbecility or insanity; and rounded off to the next higher integer.
6. Such cases as determined by the
Medical Director of the System f. In cases of injuries or illnesses resulting
and approved by the Commission. in a permanent partial disability not
listed in the preceding schedule, the
The number of months of paid coverage benefit shall be an income benefit
shall be defined and approximated by a equivalent to the percentage of the
formula to be approved by the permanent loss of the capacity to work.
Commission. (As added by Section 7, Presidential
Decree No. 1368)
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PERMANENT PARTIAL DISABILITY

one where as a result of injury or sickness,

the employee suffers a lasting partial loss of
the use of any part of his body.

CONDITIONS TO ENTITLEMENT OF
PERMANENT PARTIAL DISABILITY
BENEFITS:

1. The employee should have been

reported to the SSS or the GSIS
2. He sustains permanent partial disability
as a result of injury or sickness
3. The SSS or GSIS has been duly notified
of the injury or sickness which caused
his disability.

 Entitlement exists even if the employee

is gainfully employed and receiving his
wages or salary
 Period of entitlement: beginning with
the first month of such disability but
not longer than the designed number
of months in the ff schedule:
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CHAPTER VII DEATH BENEFITS

DEATH BENEFITS
General rule: the surviving spouse is
Art. 194. Death entitled to the death benefit only if he or
she is living with the deceased employee at
A. Under such regulations as the the time of death
Commission may approve, the
System shall pay to the primary Exceptions:
beneficiaries upon the death of the
1. Refusal of the covered employee to
covered employee under this Title,
continue living with the surviving
an amount equivalent to his monthly
spouse; or the employee’s
income benefit, plus ten percent
abandonment of the said spouse
thereof for each dependent child,
without justifiable or valid cause
but not exceeding five, beginning
with the youngest and without
substitution, except as provided for
in paragraph (j) of Article 167
hereof: Provided, however, That the
monthly income benefit shall be
guaranteed for five years: Provided,
further, That if he has no primary
beneficiary, the System shall pay to
his secondary beneficiaries the
monthly income benefit but not to
exceed sixty months: Provided,
finally, That the minimum death
benefit shall not be less than fifteen
thousand pesos. (As amended by
Section 4, Presidential Decree No.
1921)

B. Under such regulations as the

Commission may approve, the
System shall pay to the primary
beneficiaries upon the death of a
covered employee who is under
permanent total disability under this
Title, eighty percent of the monthly
income benefit and his dependents
to the dependents’ pension:
Provided, That the marriage must
have been validly subsisting at the
time of disability: Provided, further,
That if he has no primary
beneficiary,
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C. the System shall pay to his

secondary beneficiaries the monthly
pension excluding the dependents’ duress to compel the surviving spouse,
pension, of the remaining balance of common child of the spouse to change
the five-year guaranteed period: their religious or political affiliation
Provided, finally, That the minimum 6. Attempt of the covered employee to
death benefit shall not be less than corrupt or induce the surviving spouse
fifteen thousand pesos. (As or common child of the spouse to
amended by Section 4, Presidential engage in prostitution, or to make them
Decree No. 1921) connive with the employee in such an
act of corruption or inducement
7. Drug addiction or habitual alcoholism
D. The monthly income benefit of the covered employee
provided herein shall be the new 8. Lesbianism or homosexuality of the
amount of the monthly income covered employee
benefit for the surviving 9. Contraction of bigamous marriage by
beneficiaries upon the approval of the covered employee, whether in the
this decree. (As amended by Section Philippines or abroad
8, Presidential Decree No. 1368) 10. Sexual infidelity or perversion of the
covered employee
11. The covered employee's act of allowing
the surviving spouse or common child
E. Funeral benefit. – A funeral benefit to be subjected to acts of
of Three thousand pesos (P3,000.00) lasciviousness;
shall be paid upon the death of a 12. and The covered employee's act of
covered employee or permanently contraction of serious STD
totally disabled pensioner. (As extramaritally
amended by Section 3, Executive
Order No. 179) BENEFICIARIES
2. Attempt on the part of the covered
Only the primary beneficiaries are entitled
employee against the life of the
to the death benefits. In the absence of
surviving spouse or common child of
primary beneficiaries, the secondary
the spouse
beneficiaries are entitled thereto. If the
3. Commission of an act of sexual abuse
deceased employee has no primary or
against the surviving spouse, common
secondary beneficiaries at the time of
child of the spouse by the covered
death, the benefit shall accrue to the
employee
Employees’ Compensation Fund.
4. The covered employee's recurrent
commission of physical violence, or
grossly abusive conduct against thru PRIMARY BENEFICIARIES:
surviving spouse or common child of a. The legitimate spouse living with the employee
the spouse at the time of the employee’s death, until he or
5. The covered employee's infliction of she remarries; and
physical violence or imposition of moral
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b. The legitimate, legitimated or legally adopted  Income benefit shall start at the month
the children who are: of death and shall continue to be paid
i. Unmarried for as long as the beneficiaries are
ii. Not gainfully employed entitled thereto.
iii. Not over 21 y/o; or if over 21 y/o, he is  Monthly income benefit – not less than
incapable of self-support due to physical 15k
or mental defect which is congenital or  Thereafter, the beneficiaries shall be
acquired during minority paid the monthly income benefit for as
long as they are entitled thereto.

SECONDARY BENEFICIARIES: b. Secondary beneficiaries:

a. The legitimate parents wholly dependent  Payable in monthly pension

upon the employee for support;  Shall not exceed the period of 60 months
b. The legitimate descendants and illegitimate  Shall not be less than 60k
children who are:
 If one is declared presumptively dead
1. Unmarried after he had been reported missing for
2. Not gainfully employed some time, payment of death benefits
3. Not over 21 y/o; or if over 21 y/o, he is shall be reckoned form the date he was
incapable of self-support due to physical or declared presumptively dead by proper
mental defect which is congenital or authority in accordance with law, except
acquired during minority when the declaration of death specifies
another date, in which case, payment of
death benefits shall start from the latter
date.
CONDITIONS FOR ENTITLEMENT TO DEATH
BENEFITS:
AMOUNT OF DEATH BENEFIT:

 Primary beneficiaries
1. The employee had been duly reported
 Equivalent to the monthly income benefit
to the SSS or GSIS for permanent total disability
2. He died as a result of injury or sickness
3. The SSS or GSIS has been duly notified  Guaranteed for 5 yrs
of his death, as well as the injury or  Plus 10% for each dependent child not
Art. 19
sickness which caused his death exceeding beginning with the youngest and depend
without substitution of relati
If the employee has been receiving monthly  Minimum, not less than 15k depend
income benefit for permanent total disability at  If the employee has been receiving income
benefits for permanent total disability at the
determ
the time of his death, the surviving spouse must
time of his death, equivalent to 80% plus death.
shoe that the marriage has been validly
the dependent’s pension equivalent to 10%
subsisting at the time of his disability
for every dependent child but not exceeding
5 counted from the youngest and without
PERIOD OF ENTITLEMENT: substitution

a. Primary beneficiaries:  Secondary beneficiaries

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 60 times the monthly income benefit of a  the legitimate spouse living with the
primary beneficiary employee
 Not exceeding 15k the parents of said employee wholly
 Payable in monthly pension
dependent upon him for regular support
 If the employee has been receiving income
benefits for permanent total disability at the  all questions of relationship and dependency
time of his death, shall be paid monthly shall be determined as of the time of death
pension, excluding the dependent’s pension
of the remaining balance of the 5-yr
guaranteed period

FUNERAL BENEFIT (3K)

shall be paid to 1 of the ff:

a. Surviving spouse
b. Legitimate child who spent for the funeral
expenses
c. Any other person who can show
incontrovertible proof that he shouldered
the funeral expenses

Beneficiaries are still entitled to the funeral

Art. 196. Delinquent
benefits of a missing person
contributions.

a. An employer who is
delinquent in his
contributions shall
be liable to the
CHAPTER VIII System for the
PROVISIONS COMMON TO INCOME benefits which may
BENEFITS have been paid by
the System to his
employees or their
DEPENDENTS
dependents, and
any benefit and
The legitimate, legitimated or legally adopted (or expenses to which
acknowledged natural child) the children who are: such employer is
liable shall
1. Unmarried constitute a lien on
2. Not gainfully employed all his property, real
3. Not over 21 y/o; or if over 21 y/o, he is or personal, which is
incapable of hereby declared to
be preferred to any
self-support due to physical or mental credit, except taxes.
defect which is congenital or acquired
The payment by the
during minority
employer of the
lump sum
equivalent of such
liability shall absolve
him from the
payment of the
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LIABILITIES OF DELINQUENT EMPLOYER Art. 198. Assignment of benefits. No claim

for compensation under this Title is
Employer who is delinquent in his contributions will transferable or liable to tax, attachment,
be liable to Social Security System or Government garnishment, levy or seizure by or under any
Service Insurance System for: legal process whatsoever, either before or
after receipt by the person or persons
a. Benefits which may have been paid to his
entitled thereto, except to pay any debt of
employee or their dependents
b. 3% penalty per month from the date the the employee to the System.
contribution falls due until paid  If the second injury is related to the
c. Fine of not less than P1k nor more than P10k previous, the liability is only for the
and/or imprisonment for the duration of the difference in income benefits.
violation or non- compliance or until such time
that a rectification of the violation has been Art.
made, at the discretion of the court. emplo
failure
Payment by the employer of the lump sum law o
Art. 197. Second injuries. If any employee or to
RESTRICTIONS ON COMPENSATION
under permanent partial disability suffers preve
BENEFITS
another injury which results in a the S
compensable disability greater than the twent
previous injury, the State Insurance Fund Art. 199. Earned benefits. Income benefits equiva
shall be liable for the income benefit of the shall, with respect to any period of disability, the Sy
new disability: Provided, That if the new be payable in accordance with this Title to an specia
disability is related to the previous disability, employee who is entitled to receive wages, a rate
the System shall be liable only for the salaries or allowances for holidays, vacation them
difference in income benefits. or sick leaves and any other award of benefit under
equivalent to his liability shall absolve him from under a collective bargaining or other occup
payment of the delinquent contributions due and agreement. emplo
payable during the calendar year of the contingency
and the penalty thereon with respect to the
employee concerned; but said employer shall still be o Non-transferable
subject to criminal liability. o Not subject to tax

COMPENSABILITY OF SECOND INJURIES o Not subject to execution, attachment,

garnishment, levy, or seizure, except in
payment of a debt to the system.
 Second injury resulting in disability which
may suffered by an employee under
permanent partial disability, is
compensable.
 If the second injury is greater, the State ACCRUED EMPLOYEE BENEFITS
Insurance Fund shall be liable for the
income benefit of the new disability.
Separate and Distinct From Compensation
Benefits
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 Accrued benefits under a CBA, company policy, Art. 201. Prescriptive period. No claim for
or employment contract, (such as vacation compensation shall be given due course
leave pay or sick leave pay), are separate and
unless said claim is filed with the System
distinct from compensation benefits.
within three (3) years from the time the
 They may be enjoyed simultaneously with
compensation benefits. cause of action accrued. (As amended by
Section 5, Presidential Decree No. 1921)
EFFECT OF GAINFUL EMPLOYMENT  The reason is because in disability compensation,
ON THE RIGHT TO COMPENSATION it is not the injury or illness that is compensated,
but the incapacity to work resulting in the
 Permanent total disability compensation impairment of one’s earning capacity.
shall be suspended if the employee
obtains gainful employment. EFFECT OF ERRONEOUS PAYMENT

 in Permanent partial disability

compensation, the employee shall
continue to receive compensation even if
gainfully employed. Art. 203. Prohibition. No agent, attorney or
other person pursuing or in charge of the
preparation or filing of any claim for benefit
under this Title shall demand or charge for
PENALTY FOR FAILURE TO INSTALL his services any fee, and any stipulation to
SAFETY DEVICES the202.
Art. contrary shallpayment.
Erroneous be null and void. The
retention or deduction of any amount from
 Death and injury caused by failure to install anya.benefit
If thegranted
Systemunder in good faithforpays
this Title the
and maintain safety devices shall hold the income benefit to a dependent who is
payment of fees for such services is
employer liable to pay the State Insurance inferior in right to another dependent
prohibited. Violation
or with whom ofanother
any provision
dependentof this
is
Fund a penalty of 25% of the lump sum
equivalent of the income benefit due the Article entitled
shall be to
punished by a payments
share, such fine of notshall
less
employee concerned. discharge
than five hundredthe System
pesos from than
nor more liability,
five
unless and until such other
thousand pesos, or imprisonment for not dependent
notifies the System of his claim prior
less than six months nor more than one year,
to the payments.
or both, at the discretion of the court.
PERIOD TO FILE CLAIMS FOR
COMPENSATION b. In case of doubt as to the respective
rights of rival claimants, the System is
 Should be filed within 3 years from the time the hereby empowered to determine as to
cause of action accrued, otherwise, it will be whom payments should be made in
barred by prescription accordance with such regulations as
the Commission may approve. If the
 Prescriptive period should be reckoned not from money is payable to a minor or
the occurrence of the injury or illness but from
incompetent, payment shall be made
the time the employee lost his earning capacity.
by the System to such person or
persons as it may consider to be best
qualified to take care and dispose of
the minor’s or incompetent’s property
for his benefit.
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 The SSS or GSIS is discharged from liability if

it pays income benefits in good faith:

1. To a dependent who is inferior in

right to another dependent.
2. To a dependent with whom
another dependent is entitled to Art. 205. Record of death or disability.
share such payment.
a. All employers shall keep a logbook to
 SSS or GSIS will be deemed in good faith if, record chronologically the sickness,
prior to payment, it does not receive any injury or death of their employees,
notice from the dependent who is entitled setting forth therein their names,
to the compensation benefit. dates and places of the contingency,
nature of the contingency and
absences. Entries in the logbook shall
be made within five days from notice
PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES or knowledge of the occurrence of the
contingency. Within five days after
entry in the logbook, the employer
 This article prohibits any person who assists shall report to the System only those
in the filing of employees compensation contingencies he deems to be work-
claims from: connected.

a. Demanding or charging service fees b. All entries in the employer’s logbook

b. Deducting any amount from the shall be made by the employer or any of
his authorized official after verification
compensation benefits in payment of his
of the contingencies or the employees’
services. absences for a period of a day or more.
Upon request by the System, the
REASON FOR THE LAW employer shall furnish the necessary
certificate regarding information about
To free the award from any liability or charge so any contingency appearing in the
that the claimant may enjoy it to the fullest. logbook, citing the entry number, page
number and date. Such logbook shall be
It is the claimant who is exempt from liability made available for inspection to the duly
for attorney's fees, but not the defaulting authorized representative of the System.
employer who unjustly refuses to recognize the
validity of the claim. c. Should any employer fail to record in the
logbook an actual sickness, injury or
ATTORNEY'S FEES MAY BE AWARDED death of any of his employees within the
period prescribed herein, give false
Attorney's fees may be awarded as an item information or withhold material
separate and distinct from the compensation
information already in his possession, he
benefits.
shall be held liable for fifty percent of
the lump sum equivalent of the income
benefit to which the employee may be
found to be entitled, the payment of
which shall accrue to the State Insurance
Fund.
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Art. 207. Penal provisions.

Fairness dictates that the counsel should a. The penal provisions of Republic Act
receive compensation for his services, Numbered Eleven Hundred Sixty-One,
otherwise, it would be entirely difficult for as amended, and Commonwealth Act
claimants, majority of whom are not learned in Numbered One Hundred Eighty-Six, as
the intricacies of law, to get good-legal service. amended, with regard to the funds as
are thereunder being paid to,
collected or disbursed by the System,
EXEMPTION FROM LEVY, TAX, ETC. shall be applicable to the collection,
administration and disbursement of
REASON the Funds under this Title. The penal
provisions on coverage shall also be
To preserve the integrity of the State Insurance applicable.
Fund thereby assuring every claimant payment
b. Any person who, for the purpose of
of whatever is due him.
securing entitlement to any benefit or
payment under this Title, or the
CHAPTER IX issuance of any certificate or
RECORDS, REPORTS AND PENAL document for any purpose connected
PROVISIONS with this Title, whether for him or for
some other person, commits fraud,
collusion, falsification,
misrepresentation of facts or any
d. In case of payment of other kind of anomaly, shall be
benefits for any claim punished with a fine of not less than
which is later five hundred pesos nor more than five
determined to be thousand pesos and an imprisonment
for not less than six months nor more
fraudulent and the
than one year, at the discretion of the
Art. 204.employer
Exemption is found
fromtolevy, tax, etc. All court.
laws to the contrarytonotwithstanding,
be a party the the
fraud, such employer
State Insurance Fund and all its assets shall
shallfromreimburse the charge, levy, or c. If the act penalized by this Article is
be exempt any tax, fee,
System the fullno law hereafter committed by any person who has
customs or import duty and
been or is employed by the
enactedamount
shall applyofto the the State Insurance
compensation paid. Commission or System, or a recidivist,
Fund unless it is provided therein that the
the imprisonment shall not be less
same is applicable by expressly stating its than one year; if committed by a
name. lawyer, physician or other
professional, he shall, in addition to
EMPLOYER’S LOGBOOK the penalty prescribed herein, be
disqualified from the practice of his
 Every employer is required to keep a logbook to profession; and if committed by any
record chronologically the sickness, injury or official, employee or personnel of the
death of his employees within 5 days from Commission, System or any
notice or knowledge. government agency, he shall, in
addition to the penalty prescribed
herein, be dismissed with prejudice to
re-employment in the government
service.
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 If the employer fails to record the sickness, LAWS REPEALED

injury or death of his employees, he shall be
liable for 50 percent of the lump sum equivalent
of the income benefit to which the employee The Labor Code provisions on employees’
may be found to be entitled. compensation repealed:

a. Act No. 1874 – Employer’s Liability Act

Art. 206. Notice of sickness, b. Act No. 3428 – Workmen’s Compensation Act
injury or death. Notice of
ACTUAL
sickness, injury or death
KNOWLEDGE
shall be given to the IS Art. 209. Medical care. The Philippine
employer by the employee Medical Care Plan shall be implemented as
Art. 208. Applicability. This Title shall apply provided under Republic Act Numbered
or by his dependents or
only to injury, sickness, disability or death Sixty-One Hundred Eleven, as amended.
anybody on his behalf within
occurring on or after January 1, 1975.
five days from the
occurrence of the EQUIVALENT
TO NOTICE
contingency. No notice to
the employer shall be TITLE III
The notice MEDICARE
required if the contingency required
is known to the employer or herein is no
his agents or longer NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE
necessary if PROGRAM
representatives.
the sickness,
injury, or death is known to the employer, his
agents, or representatives. The Philippine Medical Care Plan

under the Revised Philippine Medical Care Act has

been superseded by the National Health Insurance
Program created by the National Health Insurance
Act of 1995.

AGGRAVATING CIRCUMSTANCES  Aims to provide health insurance coverage

and ensure affordable, acceptable, available
and accessible health care services for all
A heavier penalty is imposed if the offense is
citizens of the Philippines
committed by:
 Serves as a means for the healthy to help
pay for the care of the sick and those who
1. Any person who has been or is employed by
can afford medical care to subsidize those
the ECC, SSS, or GSIS
who cannot.
2. A lawyer, physician or any other
 Shall initially consist of programs I and II of
professional
Medicare and expand progressively to
constitute one universal health insurance
3. Any official, employee, or personnel of the program for the entire population.
ECC, SSS, GSIS or any government agency.  Administered by the Philippine Health
Insurance Corporation.
Art. 208-A. Repeal. All
existing laws, Presidential
Decrees and Letters of
Instructions which are
inconsistent with or contrary
to this Decree, are hereby
repealed: Provided, That in
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TITLE IV
Art. 210. Adult education. Every employer
shall render assistance in the establishment
and operation of adult education programs
for their workers and employees as
prescribed by regulations jointly approved by
the Department of Labor and Employment
and the Department of Education, Culture
and Sports.
ADULT EDUCATION

 does not impose upon employers the

obligation to establish an adult
 education program. It merely requires
employers to extend assistance in the
establishment and operation of adult
education programs for employees.
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 Establishments located inside special

DOLE DO 198 ON economic zones and other investment
OCCUPATIONAL promotion agencies (e.g., Philippine
Economic Zone Authority [PEZA], Clark
SAFETY AND Development Corporation [CDC]);
 Utilities engaged in air, sea, and land
HEALTH transportation;
 Industries such as mining, fishing,
The Occupational Safety and Health
construction, agriculture, and maritime;
 Contractors and subcontractors including those
Standards (OSH Standards), as amended
engaged in the projects of the public sector.
in 1989 serves as the country’s central
legislation in promoting a safe and healthy
 The Rules does not apply to the
workplace for all working people by
public sector such as national
protecting them against all hazards in their
government agencies, government-
work environment.
owned and controlled corporations
with original charters, government
 On August 17, 2018 the OSH Law was
financial institutions, state
updated though REPUBLIC ACT NO.
universities and colleges and local
11058, An Act Strengthening
government units
Compliance with Occupational Safety
and Health Standards and Providing
Penalties for Violations Thereof. PART II

IMPLEMENTING RULES AND REGULATIONS

DUTIES AND RIGHTS
(IRR) was published on December 7, 2018
through DEPARTMENT ORDER NO. 198. EMPLOYERS

The regulations or areas covered by 1989 DUTIES OF EMPLOYERS

OSH which have not been revised by R.A. 1. Provide a place of employment for workers
No. 11058 still applies. In order to promote which is free from hazardous conditions that
the safety and health of workers, the are causing or are likely to cause death, illness,
policies and programs implemented aim to or physical harm to the workers.
be dynamic, inclusive, and gender-sensitive. 2. Provide complete job safety instruction and
proper orientation to all workers, including
PART I those relating to familiarization with their work
environment.
COVERAGE
3. Ensure that chemical, physical, and biological
It shall apply to all establishments, projects substances and agents and ergonomic and
and sites and all other places where work is psychosocial stressors do not pose a risk to
being undertaken in all branches of health.
economic activity, including: 4. Use only approved specific industry set of
standards of devices and equipment for the
workplace.
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5. Comply with OSH standards: training, medical o Workplace hazards and the risk posed on
examination, provisions on protective and the safety and health of the workers such
safety devices (e.g. PPE and machine guards). as chemical safety data sheets;
Training for workers includes health o Control mechanisms in place that reduces
promotion, hazards associated with their work, or minimizes the risk of exposure to
health risks involved or to which they are hazards and other preventive strategies
exposed to, preventive measures to eliminate o Appropriate measures, including the
or minimize risks, steps to be taken in cases of probable location of workers, for the
emergency, and safety instruction for the jobs, prevention, control and protection against
activities, and tasks to be handled by workers. those hazards; and
6. Involve workers in the process of organizing, o Emergency and disaster management
planning, implementing, monitoring, and protocols including proper evacuation and
evaluating the OSH management system. shut-down procedures.

7. Provide for trainings and drills, evacuation Information materials shall be revised regularly by
plans, etc., to deal with emergencies, fires, and the OSH committee.
accidents including first-aid arrangements.
8. Comply with all reportorial requirements of
the OSH standards. WORKERS
9. Register establishment to DOLE (Department DUTIES OF WORKERS
of Labor and Employment).
10. Install safety signage and devices in prominent 1. Participate in capacity building activities on
positions and strategic locations, in a language safety and health.
understandable to all, and in accordance with 2. Undergo the mandatory workers’ OSH
OSH standards on sign colors, to warn workers seminar.
and the public of hazards in the workplace
3. Proper use of all safeguards and safety devices
11. Have workers undergo appropriate training provided for workers’ protection.
and certification as a requirement before the
use of heavy duty equipment. 4. Comply with instructions to prevent accidents
or imminent danger situations in the
12. Is liable for complying with OSH standards, workplace.
including the penalties imposed for violations.
5. Observe prescribed steps to be taken in cases
13. In the case of a stoppage of work due to of emergency (i.e. participating during the
imminent danger as a result of the employer’s conduct of national or local disaster drills.
fault, the affected workers must still be paid
their corresponding wages during the period of 6. Report to their immediate supervisor or any
suspension of operations. other responsible safety and health personnel
any work hazard that may be discovered in the
OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH workplace.
INFORMATION 7. File claims for compensation benefits due to
work-related disability or death.
The employer, contractor or subcontractor, if any,
shall provide the workers in all establishments, RIGHTS OF WORKERS
projects and all other places where work is being
undertaken adequate and suitable information on 1. Right to Know – All workers shall be
the following: appropriately informed by the employer about
all types of hazards in the workplace, and be
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provided access to training, education, and

orientation on safety and risks.

WORKERS' RIGHT TO PERSONAL

PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT (PPE)
2. Right to Refuse Unsafe Work – The worker has
the right to refuse work without threat or  Every employer, contractor or
reprisal from the employer if an imminent subcontractor, if any, shall provide his/her
danger situation exists. workers PPE, FREE OF CHARGE.
 All PPE shall be of the appropriate type as
tested and approved by the DOLE based on
WORKERS' RIGHT TO REFUSE UNSAFE
its standards and/or other means of
WORK verification.
 The worker has the right of refusal to work  The usage of PPE in all establishments,
without threat or reprisal from the employer projects, sites and all other places where
if, as determined by DOLE, an imminent work is being undertaken shall be based on
danger situation exists. the evaluation and recommendation of the
 " As a preventive measure, the safety officer safety officer.
may, following his/her own determination  All PPE must be of appropriate size, weight,
and without fear of reprisal, implement a and type to specific workers exposed to
work stoppage or suspend operations in hazards from which PPE are meant to
cases of imminent danger. ensure effective protection.
 Workers affected by the existence of an  Failure to provide appropriate PPE in high
imminent dangerous situation may be risk activities shall give rise to the right of
temporarily assigned to other areas within the worker to refuse unsafe work.
the workplace provided there is no
impending issue with safety and health.
PART III
3. Right to Report Accidents – Workers and their
WORKPLACE REQUIREMENTS
representatives shall have the right to report
accidents, dangerous occurrences, and hazards
to the employer, to DOLE, and other WORKERS’ WELFARE FACILITIES
concerned government agencies. They shall be
free from any form of retaliation for reporting All establishments, projects, sites and all other
an accident. places where work is being undertaken shall have
the following free welfare facilities in order to
ensure humane working conditions:
4. Right to Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
– Employers shall provide workers PPE for any a. Adequate supply of safe drinking water;
part of the body that may be exposed to b. Adequate sanitary and washing facilities;
hazards; a lifeline, safety belt, or harness; and c. Suitable living accommodation for workers,
respirators, masks, or shields when necessary. as may be applicable such as in construction,
This should be free of charge. shipping, fishing and night workers;
d. Separate sanitary, washing and sleeping
facilities for all gender, as may be applicable;
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e. Lactation station except those

establishments as provided for under
DOLE Department Order No. 143-15;
f. Ramps, railings and the like; and
g. Other workers' welfare facilities as may be PART IV
prescribed by the OSH standards and other
issuances. OSH PROGRAM

Workplaces covered by the OSH Standards must

SAFETY SIGNAGE AND DEVICES implement a suitable OSH Program depending on its
size and level of risk. This program should be
All establishments, projects, sites and all other communicated and be made readily available to all
places where work is being undertaken shall have persons in the workplace. Likewise, the
safety signage and devices to warn the workers and establishment should also submit a copy of their
the public of the hazards in the workplace. OSH program to the DOLE Regional, Provincial, Field,
or Satellite Office having jurisdiction over them.
Safety signage and devices shall be posted in
prominent positions at strategic locations in a  OSH Program shall be submitted and
language understandable to all, and in accordance deemed approved upon receipt by
with the OSH standards on color of signs for safety concerned DOLE-RO or FO.
instructions and warnings, Globally Harmonized  The OSH Committee shall review and
System (GHS) pictograms, construction safety, evaluate the program at least once a year or
classification and labelling of chemicals, radiation, as necessary.
safety instructions and warning signs, set by DOLE  A suitable Construction Safety and Health
Program (CSHP) specific for each
SAFETY IN THE USE OF EQUIPMENT construction project shall be submitted to
concerned DOLE- RO or FO for its approval
Contractor or subcontractor, if any, must comply prior to start of the project.
with the OSH standards set by DOLE on safety and  The total cost of implementing OSH
use of such equipment in the different phases of the Programs shall be an integral part of the
company or project operation including the company's operations cost.
transport to and from the establishment, project,
site or place where work is being undertaken.

APPROPRIATE TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION

BY THE:

 Technical Education and Skills Development

Authority (TESDA),
 Professional Regulation Commission (PRC)
 Or other concerned government agency

shall be a requirement for operators before use of

equipment, if applicable.
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5. Complete company or
project details

6. Composition and duties

INCLUSIONS OF OSH PROGRAM of the OSH committee

7. OSH personnel and

Establishment Inclusions of the program facilities
category
8. Safety and health
Less than ten (10) 1. Company commitment promotion, training and
workers and low to comply with OSH education:
risk establishments requirements
 Orientation of all
with ten (10) to 2. General safety and
workers on OSH
fifty (50) workers health programs:
 Conduct of risk
 Safety and health
assessment,
hazard
evaluation, and
identification, risk
control
assessment and
control (HIRAC) 9. Conduct of toolbox or
 Medical safety meetings and job
surveillance safety analysis
 First aid and
emergency 10.Accident/incident/illness
medical services investigation, recording,
3. Promotion of the and reporting
following health
domains: 11. Provision and use of
 Drug-free PPE, safety signage, and
workplace (RA workers’ welfare facilities
9165)
 Mental health 12. Emergency and disaster
services (RA preparedness and
11036) mandated drills
 Healthy Lifestyle
13. Solid waste
4. Prevention and control management system
of the following health
domains: 14. Control and
management of hazards
 Human
Immunodeficiency Medium to high In addition to everything
Virus and Acquired risk establishments required above,
Immune with ten (10) to
fifty (50) and low to 1. Safety and health
Deficiency
high risk promotion, training and
Syndrome (RA
establishments education:
8504)
 Tuberculosis (EO with fifty-one (51)
workers and above  Orientation of all
187-03) workers on OSH
 Hepatitis B (DOLE  Conduct of risk
DA 05-2010)
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one (1) worker,

assessment,
preferable a union
evaluation, and
control member if
 Continuous training organized
on OSH of OSH One of the workers
personnel of the company
must undertake
Work Permit System
first aid training
2. Dust control and from the Philippine
management, and Red Cross of any
regulations on activities DOLE recognized
such as building of
organization
temporary structures and
lifting and operating
equipment Medium to high Ex-officio
risk chairperson:
3. Emergency and disaster
establishments Employer or
preparedness and response
plan to include the with ten (10) to representative
organization and creation fifty (50) and low Secretary: Safety
of disaster control groups, to high risk officer of the
business continuity plan, establishments workplace
and updating the hazard, with fifty-one (51) Ex-officio members:
risk, and vulnerability
workers and Certified first-aider,
assessment
above OH nurse, OH
4. Prohibited acts and dentist, and OH
penalties for violations physician, if
5. Cost of implementing applicable
company OSH program Members: Safety
officers
representing the
contractor or
OSH COMMITTEE MEMBERS subcontractor,
representative/s of
workers from
unions or elected
Establishment Composition of workers through
category Committee simple vote of
Less than ten (10) Chairperson: majority.
workers and low Company owner or
risk manager Two (2) or more Joint Coordinating
establishments Secretary: Safety establishments Committee –
with ten (10) to officer of the housed under one composed of all the
fifty (50) workers workplace building or health and safety
Member: At least complex (i.e. committees to plan
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malls) and implement Safety

1. Mandatory forty 2.
programs and Officer 2
(40)-hour basic OSH
(SO2)
activities training course
concerning all applicable to the
establishments industry
Chairperson: Safety
1. Mandatory forty
At least
Building owner or Officer 3 two (2)
(40)-hour basic OSH
(SO3) years of
representative training course
experience
Secretary: Safety applicable to the
in OSH
officer of the industry;
building 2. Additional forty-
Members: At least eight (48) hours of
two safety officers advanced/specialize
d occupational
from any of the
safety training
establishments and course relevant to
at least two the industry; AND
workers’
3. Other requirements
representatives as prescribed by the
OSH standards
Safety Actual
SAFETY OFFICERS OSH TRAINING 1. Mandatory forty
Officer 4 experience
(40)-hour basic OSH
(SO4) as SO3 for
training course
at least
 Safety Officers – Oversees the overall applicable to the
four (4)
management of the OSH program as part of industry;
years
the OSH committee; monitors and inspects any 2. Additional forty-
health or safety aspect of the operation; assists eight (48) hours of
in the conduct of government inspections or advanced/specialize
accident investigations; issues Work Stoppage d occupational
Order (WSO) when necessary. Safety officers safety training
must comply with the necessary training and course relevant to
experience requirements based on their the industry; AND
category. 3. An aggregate of
three hundred
twenty (320) hours
Categor Prescribed Training on Minimum of OSH related
y OSH OSH training or
Experienc experience
e 4. Other requirements
Safety as prescribed by the
1. Mandatory eight (8)- 3.
Officer 1 OSH standards
hour OSH
(SO1)
orientation course
AND
2. Two (2)-hour
trainers’ training
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MINIMUM CLASSIFICATION AND NUMBER OF SAFETY OFFICERS

 Occupational Health Personnel and Facilities – Establishments must have qualified

occupational health personnel (i.e. first-aiders, nurses, dentists, and physicians)
complemented with the required medical supplies, equipment, and facilities. All personnel
must undergo mandatory orientation or training on OSH.

Number of Workers Low Risk Medium Risk High Risk

1 to 9 One (1) SO1 One (1) SO1 One (1) SO2

10 to 50 One (1) SO1 One (1) SO2 One (1) SO3

51 to 99 One (1) SO2 One (1) SO2 and

One (1) SO3
100 to 199 One (1) SO2 and
One (1) SO3
200 to 250 Two (2) SO2 and Two (2) SO3
One (1) SO3
251 to 500 Two (2) SO3 One (1) SO2 and
Two (2) SO3
501 to 750

751 to 1000 Two (2) SO3

Every additional 250 or – – Additional One (1)

fraction thereof SO3 or SO4

Every additional 500 or Additional One (1) Additional One (1) –

fraction thereof SO3 SO3 or SO4
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REQUIRED TRAINING OF SAFETY AND HEALTH PERSONNEL

Personnel Training Requirement

First-Aider Standard first aid training

OH Nurse At least forty (40)-hour Basic OSH training course for OH Nurses

OH Dentist At least forty (40)-hour Basic OSH training course

OH Physician At least fifty-six (56)-hour Basic OSH training course for OH Physicians

NUMBER OF HEALTH PERSONNEL PER WORKPLACE

Low Risk Medium to High Risk

Number of
Workers First-
OH OH OH First- OH OH OH
Aide
Nurse Dentist Physician Aider Nurse Dentist Physician
r

1 to 9 – – – – – –

10 to 50 1 – – – 1 – – –

51 to 99 – – – 2 PT – –

100 to 199 2 2 PT – – 2 1 FT 1 PT 1 PT

200 to 500 3-5 1 FT 1 PT 1 PT 3-5 1 FT 1 PT 2 PT

2 PT or 1
501 to 2000 6-20 1 FT 1 PT 2 PT 6-20 1 FT 1 FT
FT

1 FT per 1 FT and 2 1 FT per 1 FT and 2

>2000 >20 1 FT >20 1 FT
shift PT shift PT
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Low Risk Medium to High Risk

Number of
Workers First-
OH OH OH First- OH OH OH
Aide
Nurse Dentist Physician Aider Nurse Dentist Physician
r

Every 100
workers or a 1 – – – 1 – – –
fraction thereof

Every 250
workers or a – 1 FT – – – 1 FT – –
fraction thereof

Every 500
1 FT or 4 1 FT or 4
workers or a – – 1 FT – – 1 FT
PT PT
fraction thereof

 Part Time (PT) = 4h/d, 3d/w; Full Time (FT) = 8h/d, 6d/w
 OH Personnel shall be placed in the shift with the highest number of workers.
 For OH dentists: Establishments can enter into a Memorandum of Agreement
(MOA) for dental services for workers.
 For OH physicians: If more than 1 PT physician is required, a physician must be
present in all world days of the establishment.

OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH PERSONNEL AND FACILITIES

 The employer may not establish a hospital or dental clinic in the workplace where there is a
hospital or dental clinic which is located not more than five (5) kilometers away from the
workplace, accessible in not more than twenty-five (25) minutes travel time, and the
employer has facilities readily available for transporting workers to the hospital or dental
clinic in cases of emergency.
 For this purpose, the employer shall enter into a written contract with the hospital for the
use of such hospital for the treatment of workers in cases of emergency.

EMPLOYEE’S COMPENSATION CLAIM

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A worker may file claims for compensation  Incentives may be given to qualified employers
benefit arising out of work-related disability and workers in recognition of their effort in
or death. ensuring compliance with OSH Standards.
 Incentives shall be given in the form of OSH
Such claims shall be processed training packages, additional protective
equipment, technical guidance, recognition
independently of the finding of fault, gross
awards, and other similar incentives.
negligence or bad faith of the employer in a
proceeding instituted for the purpose.
PART V
The employer shall provide the necessary
PROHIBITED ACTS
assistance to employees applying for claims.
 When the violation exposes the worker to death,
SAFETY AND HEALTH TRAINING serious injury or serious illness, the imposable
REQUIREMENTS penalty shall be one hundred thousand pesos
($100,000.00)
• All OSH personnel shall undergo the prescribed  " Should there be 2 or more be non-compliances, all
mandatory trainings from DOLE or DOLE- penalties shall be imposed; provided that the total
Accredited Training Organizations or its recognized daily penalty shall not exceed one hundred thousand
pesos (P 100,000.00)
training institutions.
• The penalties shall be computed on a per day basis
 All workers shall undergo the mandatory 8-hour
until full compliance reckoned from the date of the
Workers' OSH seminar as prescribed by DOLE. notice of violation or service of the compliance order
• Workers performing critical occupations shall to the employer without prejudice to the filing of a
undergo the mandatory competency assessment criminal or civil case in the regular courts, as the case
and certification by TESDA. may be.
• Orientations, seminars, and trainings required by the  The RD shall, after due notice and hearing, impose
employer or by other regulations, in the the appropriate administrative fines taking into
performance of their task, shall be undertaken at consideration the damage or injury caused and risk
involved including the severity and frequency of the
no cost to the worker and considered as
OSH violations and size of the establishment.
compensable working time
 Fines collected pursuant to this Rules shall be utilized
for the operation of OSH initiatives incentivizing
JOINT AND SOLIDARY LIABILITY qualified employers and workers in recognition of
their efforts towards ensuring compliance with OSH.
The employer, project owner, contractor, or  Willful failure or refusal to comply with the OSH
subcontractor, if any, and any person who manages, standards or compliance orders issued by DOLE shall
controls or supervises the work being undertaken be penalized with P100,000.00 daily fine until full
shall be jointly and solidarily liable for compliance compliance reckoned from the date of issuance of
with occupational safety and health standards Notice of Results or Compliance Order.

including the penalties imposed for violation thereof

as provided for in this Rules.

INCENTIVES
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PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS

Registration of establishment to DOLE Php
20,000.00

Provision of job safety instruction or orientation prior to work Php

20,000.00

Provision of worker’s training (first aid, mandatory worker training, Php

mandatory OSH training for safety officers and health personnel) 25,000.00

Provision of safety signage and devices Php

30,000.00

Provision of medical supplies, equipment, and facilities Php

30,000.00

Submission of reportorial requirements as prescribed by OSH standards Php

30,000.00

Provision of safety officer and/or OH personnel Php

40,000.00

Provision of certified personnel or professionals required by the OSH Php

standards 40,000.00

Establishments of a safety and health committee Php

40,000.00

Formulation and implementation of a comprehensive safety and health Php

program 40,000.00

Provision of information on hazards and risk Php

40,000.00

Provision of sanitary and welfare facilities Php

40,000.00

Use of approved or certified devices and equipment for the task Php
50,000.00

Provision of PPE or charging of provided PPE to workers Php

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50,000.00

Compliance with DOLE issued WSO Php

50,000.00

Compliance to other OSH standards Php

40,000.00

1. For the violation of the same prohibited act – penalty of the corresponding fine plus an additional
fine of fifty percent (50%) thereof for every instance of repeat violation
2. For the following acts, a penalty of one hundred thousand pesos (Php 100,000.00) administrative
fine shall be imposed in addition to the daily administrative fine imposed above.
a. Repeated obstruction, delay, or refusal to provide the Secretary of Labor and Employment
access to the workplace, relevant records and documents, or conduct of investigation;
b. Misrepresentation in adhering to OSH standards; knowing a report or record submitted to
DOLE to be false;
c. Making retaliatory measures such as termination of employment, refusal to pay, reducing
wages and benefits, or in any manner against any worker who has given information relative
to the inspection being conducted
3. When a violation exposes the worker to death, serious injury, or serious illness, the imposable
penalty is one hundred thousand pesos (Php 100,000.00)

 Violation of the same prohibited act shall be penalized of the corresponding fine plus 50% of the
fine thereof for every instance of repeat violation.
 When the violation exposes the worker to death, serious injury, or serious illness, the imposable
penalty shall be P100,000.00.
 Additional P100,000.00 administrative fine shall be imposed for the following:
a. Repeated obstruction, delay, or refusal to provide access to the covered workplace or
refusal access to relevant records and documents;
b. Misrepresentation; or
c. Making retaliatory measures.

ENFORCEMENT

 Enforcement is through the DOLE-Regional Offices having jurisdiction over the workplace.
 DO 183-17 shall govern the procedure in the implementation of DO 198-18.