Bill Type
Congress Name
Long Title
AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE WORKERS' COMPENSATION PROGRAM, THE WORK CONTIGENCY INSURANCE FUND, THE PHILIPPINE WORKERS' COMPENSATION AUTHORITY AND DEFINING ITS POWERS AND FUNCTIONS AND AMENDING FOR THIS PURPOSE ARTICLES 166 TO 208-A OF TITLE 2 BOOK IV OF PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 442, AS AMENDED OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE LABOR CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR
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Date filed
March 2, 2005
Scope
Legislative History
| House Bill/Resolution NO. HB03848 |
| FULL TITLE : AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE WORKERS' COMPENSATION PROGRAM, THE WORK CONTIGENCY INSURANCE FUND, THE PHILIPPINE WORKERS' COMPENSATION AUTHORITY AND DEFINING ITS POWERS AND FUNCTIONS AND AMENDING FOR THIS PURPOSE ARTICLES 166 TO 208-A OF TITLE 2 BOOK IV OF PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 442, AS AMENDED OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE LABOR CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR |
| SHORT TITLE : Workers' Compensation Act of 2005 |
| ABSTRACT : "Workers' Compensation Act of 2005". The bill proposes a comprehensive and integrated implementation of the employees' compensation program that focuses not only on benefits payment but also on work contingency prevention and, in situations where workers would eventually suffer from work-connected sickness or injury, their rehabilitation into productive members of society. |
| PRINCIPAL AUTHOR/S : BANAAG, LEOVIGILDO B. |
| DATE FILED : 2005-03-02 |
| SIGNIFICANCE: NATIONAL |
| CO-AUTHORS (Journal Entries) : |
| 1. Nograles (060 ) |
| ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE ON RULES |
| REFERRAL TO THE COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT ON 2005-03-08 |
Abstract
"Workers' Compensation Act of 2005". The bill proposes a comprehensive and integrated implementation of the employees' compensation program that focuses not only on benefits payment but also on work contingency prevention and, in situations where workers would eventually suffer from work-connected sickness or injury, their rehabilitation into productive members of society.'
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