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

Section 1

The notice of sickness, injury or death shall be given to the employer by the employee, his dependents or anybody on his behalf, within 5 days from the occurrence of the contingency. Said notice is not necessary where the employer or his representative already had knowledge thereof, or the contingency occurred during working hours at the workplace.

Section 2

Every employer shall keep a logbook to record chronologically the sickness, injury or death of his employees, within 5 days from due notice thereof. (see B.R. No. 09-08-107, page 21 of ECC Circulars and Board Resolutions on Employees' Compensation) 2.1 The mere absence of a logbook shall not result in the suspension of evaluation of the claim. In the event that a claim for disability or death has been declared as work-connected, the amount of claim shall be provided in full by the Systems which shall impose the penalty to the employer as provided under paragraph (c) of Art. 205 of P.D. No. 626, as amended. (as provided under BR No. 14-12-44, Dec. 9, 2014)

Section 3

The notice of sickness, injury or death for cases which the employer deems to be work-connected shall be submitted to the System by the employer within 5 days from due entry thereof in his logbook in a form prescribed by the System.

Section 4

The employer's logbook shall be made available for inspection to any duly authorized representative of the System during working hours.

Section 5

Any employer who fails to record in his logbook the sickness, injury or death of any of his employees within 5 days from knowledge or receipt of due notice thereof as prescribed herein, gives false information or withholds material information already in his possession, shall be liable to 50 percent of the lump sum equivalent of the income benefit to which the employee may be found to be entitled and/or a fine of not less than P500 nor more than P5,000 and imprisonment for not less than 6 months or more than one year, at the discretion of the Court. The sum paid by the employer under this Section shall accrue to the Employees' Compensation fund of the System.