MANILA – President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday approved a one-time grant of pesetas 20,000 for retirees with workers’ compensation to help them cope with the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Employees’ Compensation (EC) program is designed to help workers suffering from work-related illnesses or injuries that lead to disability or death, according to the social security system website.
“The adverse economic impact of the pandemic, the additional health needs to fight the virus and the restrictions on our mobility and social interaction have increased the financial and health burdens on EC retirees,” Duterte said in Administrative Regulation 39.
He authorized the EC Commission to grant retirees in the private and public sector a “one-time financial support” of 20,000 pesetas for permanent partial disability, permanent total disability and survival. ”
The aid will benefit around 31,000 retirees from the SSS and the Government Service Insurance System without affecting their stability and without requiring additional contributions, Duterte said.
The Philippines has 945,745 coronavirus infections, of which 141,375 were active as of Monday.
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