Ang Mayo 1 ay Araw ng mga Mangagawa. Sa araw na ito ay ipinagdiriwang natin ang kagitingan ng mangagawang Pilipino. Kinikilala natin ang kanilang napakahalagang ambag sa pag-unlad ng ating bansa. At pinapahalagahan natin ang kanilang pagpupunyagi at pagsisikap na makatulong pa ng higit sa paglilinang  ng maaliwalas na bukas. Kaya naman, kaisa ng mga opisyal at kawani ng  Kagawaran ng Paggawa at Paghahanapbuhay, malugod  kong pinapaabot ang isang maliiit na pagbati sa lahat ng kapwa ko manggagawa na nasa pribado ng publikong sector, sa loob at labas ng bansa...

The Employees’ Compensation Commission celebrates its 38^th founding anniversary on March 15, 2013. A program was held on March 18, 2013, to commemorate this auspicious event at the ECC Multi-Purpose Hall, attended by Labor Secretary Rosalinda Dimapilis-Baldoz, Labor Undersecretary Ciriaco Lagunzad III, former Labor Undersecretary Lourdes Trasmonte, DOLE-NCR Director Atty. Alan Macaraya, ECC Executive Director Stella Zipagan-Banawis, OSHC Executive Director Dr. Teresita Cucueco, and BLES Director Ma. Teresa Peralta, members of the ECC Board of Commissioners, other officials of the Department of Labor and Employment, representatives of media outfits, the ECC-Kagabay ODW beneficiaries, and officers and employees of the Employees’ Compensation Commission...

The Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP) paid a courtesy call to the Employees’ Compensation Commission on 6 March 2013 in order to explore areas of cooperation and collaboration for the benefit of the workers. The TUCP team led by its president Victorino F. Balais and General Secretary Gerard R. Seno, also introduced the new set of officers of the said workers’ organization to ECC Executive Director Stella Zipagan-Banawis and some ECC officials...

The Employees’ Compensation Commission (ECC) recently amended the conditions for compensability of pneumoconiosis, pneumonia, bronchial asthma, asbestosis, and other lung diseases. The new conditions for compensability of the said diseases are the following: For pneumoconiosis, the worker must have been exposed to mineral dust subject to the condition that it will be supported by pertinent medical examination after considering a reasonable latency period. In case of pneumonia...

The Employees’ Compensation Commission (ECC), an attached agency of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), together with DOLE Region 10, will conduct an Employees’ Compensation Program (ECP) and DOLE Livelihood and Skills Seminar at the MallBerry Suites Business Hotel in Cagayan de Oro City, on February 28, 2013. This is in line with the ECC’s objective to intensify awareness on the ECP and various programs of the DOLE...

Stella Z. Banawis is the first female executive director and chief executive officer of the Employees’ Compensation Commission. She is the 7^th executive director of the ECC since its inception in 1975. “Ma’am Stella” as she is fondly called by her staff, was born on May 6, 1962 in Cabagan, Isabela. She spent her childhood at her birthplace where she attended her primary and secondary education...