Book IV — Health, Safety & Social Welfare
Article 201Prescriptive period.
ELI5— what this means for you
You must file your ECC compensation claim within 3 years from when your cause of action arose (i.e., from the date of injury, onset of sickness, or death). Miss this deadline and you lose the right to claim.
Key point
ECC claims must be filed within 3 years. Don't wait too long — your right to claim expires.
Official text — PD 442
Prescriptive period.
No claim for compensation shall be given due course unless said claim is filed with the System within three (3) years from the time the cause of action accrued. (As amended by Section 5, Presidential Decree No. 1921)
Source: lawphil.net (PD 442 as amended)
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