AFP, PNP, BFP, and BJMP members are covered by EC program--Baldoz Date Posted: August 23rd, 2013 06:41 AM AFP, PNP, BFP, and BJMP members are covered by EC program--Baldoz Labor and Employment Secretary Rosalinda Dimapilis-Baldoz yesterday said that the employees’ compensation program covers uniformed personnel of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the Philippine National Police (PNP), including employees of the the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) and Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP). Baldoz, who is the chairman of the Employees’ Compensation Commission (ECC) Board, made the statement to answer queries regarding the coverage of the uniformed members of the AFP, PNP, BFP and BJMP under the EC Program. "ECC Executive Director Stella Zipagan-Banawis has reported the ECC has been receiving a lot of queries from uniformed members of the AFP, PNP, BFP and BJMP as to their EC coverage since they have their separate retirement and benefits system," said Baldoz. “The GSIS Law, or Republic Act No. 8291, does not cover members of the AFP and the PNP. They are instead covered by a separate social insurance agency or service, namely, the AFP-Retirement and Separation Benefits System (RSBS), PNP-Police Retirement Benefit Service, BFP-Retirement and Benefits Administrative Service, and the BJMP Retirement and Benefits Administration Service,” Baldoz clarified. The labor and employment chief said uniformed personnel are, however, covered by the ECC which is administered by the GSIS. Thus, in the event of work-connected sickness, injury, or death of said covered employees, they, or their beneficiaries, may file an EC claim at any GSIS branch nearest their places of work or residences. The EC benefits available are loss of income benefits or sickness benefit, medical benefit, carer’s allowance, and rehabilitation services, such as, physical restoration, skills training for re-employment and entrepreneurship training under the ECC- KaGabay Program. END/cecil
Posted on: Fri, 20 Sep 2013 01:38:41 +0000