BENEFITS UNDER THE EMPLOYEES COMPENSATION PROGRAM

Question 1

The __________ is a government program designed to provide a compensation package to public and private sector employees or their dependents in the event of work-related sickness, injury, disability, or death.

Answer 1

• Employees’ Compensation Program (ECP)

Question 2

_____ benefit or a cash benefit given to a worker to compensate for lost income due to his or her inability to work.

Answer 2

• loss of income

Question 3

_____ which include the reimbursement of the cost of
medicine for the illness or injury, payments to providers of medical care, hospital care, surgical expenses, and the costs of appliances and supplies. where necessary. The medical services are limited to ward services of an accredited hospital.

Answer 3

• Medical benefits

Question 4

______ which include physical therapy, vocational training, and special assistance provided to employees who sustain a disability as a result of sickness or injury arising out of employment. The objective is to develop the workers’ mental, vocational, and social potential and to help them remain as productive members of society.

Answer 4

• Rehabilitation services

Question 5

______ which is provided to an employee who suffers from a work-connected permanent partial and permanent total disability.

Answer 5

• Carer’s allowance

Question 6

_______ which are granted to beneficiaries of an employee in the event of work-connected death. Also be granted to the beneficiaries in cases where the cause of the employee is a complication or natural consequence of his/ her compensated permanent total disability.”

Answer 6

• Death and Funeral benefits

Question 7

____ benefit which is given to an employee who is unable to work for a continuous period not exceeding 120 days.

Answer 7

• Temporary Total Disability (TTD)

Question 8

________ benefit which is given to a worker who loses a body part and consequently the loss of the use of that body part.

Answer 8

• Permanent Partial Disability (PPD)

Question 9

_______ benefit which is given if the employee’s inability to work lasts for more than ___ days.

Answer 9

• Permanent Total Disability (PTD)

- 240 days

Question 10

When: A claim must be filed within three (3) years from:

a. In case of ____ - from the time the employee lost his earning capacity:
b. In case of ____ - from the time it was sustained;
c. In case of ____ from the time of death of the covered member.

Answer 10

• sickness
• injury
• death

Question 11

F. Obligations/Responsibilities of Employers

Contribution to the _____ The employer shall contribute in behalf of his or her employees to the SIF, from which payments for benefits are drawn.

Answer 11

• State Insurance Fund (SIF).

Question 12

F. Obligations/Responsibilities of Employers

2. ______ Every employer (and every employee as well) shall be registered with the GSIS or SSS by accomplishing the prescribed forms.

Answer 12

• Registration.

Question 13

F. Obligations/Responsibilities of Employers

3. ______ The employer shall comply with health and safety laws and shall take the necessary precautions for the prevention of work-related disability or death.

Answer 13

• Safety Devices.

Question 14

__________. -

• All employers shall keep a logbook to record chronologically the sickness, injury or death of their employees, setting forth therein their names, dates and places of the contingency, nature of the contingency and absences.

• Entries in the logbook shall be made within five (5) days from notice or knowledge of the occurrence of the contingency.

Answer 14

• employers logbook

Question 15

5. Provision for __________ In addition to EC benefits, existing medical services being provided by the employer shall be maintained and continued to be enjoyed by their employees.kk

Answer 15

• Medical Services