Establishment of a Workers Rehabilitation Center Complex for Industrially Disabled Workers and Disabled Soldiers
Letter of Instructions No. 856, issued on May 1, 1979, directs the Employees' Compensation Commission (ECC) to establish a comprehensive Workers Rehabilitation Center Complex for industrially disabled workers and disabled soldiers, as mandated by the Labor Code of the Philippines. This center will be located in Metro Manila or another suitable location and will operate under the ECC's management, which may form an Advisory Council for additional guidance. The ECC is authorized to allocate fifty million pesos from the State Insurance Fund for the center's establishment and operations. Additionally, the ECC is tasked with creating rules and regulations to implement this initiative.
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- What is Establishment of a Workers Rehabilitation Center Complex for Industrially Disabled Workers and Disabled Soldiers about?
- Letter of Instructions No. 856, issued on May 1, 1979, directs the Employees' Compensation Commission (ECC) to establish a comprehensive Workers Rehabilitation Center Complex for industrially disabled workers and disabled soldiers, as mandated by the Labor Code of the Philippines. This center will be located in Metro Manila or another suitable location and will operate under the ECC's management, which may form an Advisory Council for additional guidance. The ECC is authorized to allocate fifty million pesos from the State Insurance Fund for the center's establishment and operations. Additionally, the ECC is tasked with creating rules and regulations to implement this initiative.
- What type of law is Letter of Instructions No. 856?
- Establishment of a Workers Rehabilitation Center Complex for Industrially Disabled Workers and Disabled Soldiers (Letter of Instructions No. 856) is a Philippine Presidential Issuances enacted by the Congress of the Philippines.
- When was Establishment of a Workers Rehabilitation Center Complex for Industrially Disabled Workers and Disabled Soldiers enacted?
- Establishment of a Workers Rehabilitation Center Complex for Industrially Disabled Workers and Disabled Soldiers (Letter of Instructions No. 856) was enacted on May 1, 1979.
- What is the citation for Establishment of a Workers Rehabilitation Center Complex for Industrially Disabled Workers and Disabled Soldiers?
- Establishment of a Workers Rehabilitation Center Complex for Industrially Disabled Workers and Disabled Soldiers, Letter of Instructions No. 856, May 1, 1979 (Philippines)
Law Information
- Reference Number
- Letter of Instructions No. 856
- Date Enacted
- Category
- Presidential Issuances
- Subcategory
- Letters of Instructions
- Jurisdiction
- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
Full Law Text
May 1, 1979
LETTER OF INSTRUCTIONS NO. 856
| TO | : | The Chairman and the Members |
| Employees' Compensation Commission | ||
| SUBJECT | : | Establishing a Workers Rehabilitation Center Complex for Industrially Disabled Workers and Disabled Soldiers Under the New Employees' Compensation Program |
In implementation of Paragraph (d), Article 177, Title II, Book IV of the Labor Code of the Philippines (PD 442, as amended further by PD 1368), which empower the Employees' Compensation Commission (ECC) to initiate policies and programs on rehabilitation other than those provided for under Article 190 of the Labor Code, and to appropriate funds therefor, and in correlation with Article 190 of the same Code, the Employees' Compensation Commission is hereby directed to establish and make operative a comprehensive WORKERS REHABILITATION CENTER COMPLEX for industrially disabled workers, including disabled soldiers, to be located within Metro Manila, or at any other place suitable to their needs. cd i
For this purpose, the Workers Rehabilitation Center Complex shall receive policy guidance from and shall be under the general management of the Employees' Compensation Commission, which is hereby constituted as its Governing Board. acd
Whenever necessary, the Governing Board may create an Advisory Council that shall act as a consultative and advisory body, to be composed of representatives from the National Commission on Rehabilitation, the Ministry of Health, the Institute of Public Health of the University of the Philippines, and such other specialized association and organizations on rehabilitation as may be needed. casia
The Employees' Compensation Commission is hereby authorized to appropriate the amount of FIFTY MILLION PESOS for the establishment and operation of the Workers Rehabilitation Center Complex, to be drawn from reserves of the State Insurance Fund (SIF) that the Social Security System (SSS) and the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) administer for the private sector and the public service, respectively, under the new Employees' Compensation Program.
The Employees' Compensation Commission shall issue rules and regulations to implement this LOI.
DONE in the City of Manila, Republic of the Philippines, this 1st day of May, in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Seventy-Nine.
Cite This Law
Establishment of a Workers Rehabilitation Center Complex for Industrially Disabled Workers and Disabled Soldiers, Letter of Instructions No. 856, May 1, 1979 (Philippines)
Establishment of a Workers Rehabilitation Center Complex for Industrially Disabled Workers and Disabled Soldiers, Letter of Instructions No. 856 (Phil. 1979)
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