Requirements for SSS Employees Compensation (EC) Program You Must Submit To File Claim

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Guide on the Requirements for SSS Employees Compensation (EC) Benefit for Members

REQUIREMENTS FOR SSS EMPLOYEES COMPENSATION (EC) – Here are the documents needed in filing an Employees’ Compensation benefit to the Social Security System.

The Social Security System (SSS) has launched a program that will benefit the employees of the private sector who suffered from work-related sickness or inury — the Employees’ Compensation program or more popularly called the EC Program.

Requirements for SSS Employees Compensation (EC) Program
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The EC Program is in addition to the other SSS benefits for qualified members. Here are the documentary requirements for the SSS Employees Compensation (EC) Program offer:

  • Certificate of Employment signed by the employer or his/her authorized representative including description of actual duties and responsibilities performed by the worker at the time of the contingency.
    • For Sickness Claim:
      • pre-employment medical check-up done by the company; or
      • certification by the company that the worker is physically fit when hired
    • For Injury Claim:
      • If the accident happened inside the company’s premises, submit an accident report signed by the worker’s immediate supervisor and by the human resource officer;
      • If the accident happened outside the premises of the company, submit a police report
    • For Death Claim:
      • Death Certificate
      • Marriage Contract
      • Birth Certificate of the Deceased Worker if single
      • Birth Certificate of children below 21 years old
  • Certified true copy of the page of the company logbook containing the entry for the particular sickness or accident
  • Medical findings of the attending doctor or the hospital records
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According to the Social Security System, the filing of the requirements for the SSS Employees Compensation benefit must be made within three (3) years from the date when the accident happened.

Aside from this offer, there are several other benefits that the Social Security System but they require different sets of documents for application as well such as…

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