Issuances of the Department of Labor and Employment and its Attached Agencies

Section 1

The Commission and Labor Arbiters, by authority of the Chairman, may after hearing, impose administrative fines which shall not be less than Five Hundred Pesos (P500.00) nor more than Ten Thousand Pesos (P10,000.00) to ensure compliance with decisions, orders or awards. The imposition thereof may be enforced through issuance of a writ of execution. (n)

Section 1

A funeral benefit of Twenty Thousand pesos (P20,000.00) 13 shall be paid upon the death of a covered employee or permanently totally disabled pensioner to one of the following: (a) the surviving spouse; or (b) the legitimate child who spent for the funeral services; or (c) any other person who can show incontrovertible proof or proof of his having borne the funeral expenses. (ECC Resolution No. 3682, July 21, 1987).

Section 2

The EC funeral benefits shall be granted after the SSS or the GSIS has declared the following in the evaluation of claims for EC death benefits: 1. Death due to sickness — causal relationship between the death and the working conditions of the covered member. 2. Death due to injury — causal relationship between the death and the work-related accident. 3. Death of EC Permanent Partial Disability (PPD) or Permanent Total Disability (PTD) pensioner — the cause of death is a complication or natural consequence of previously compensated PPD or PTD. (as provided under Board Resolution Nos. 14-06-29 and 14-0630, both dated June 6, 2014)