MANILA, Feb. 6 -- The Employees' Compensation Commission (ECC) has restored the three-year prescriptive period to file Employees' Compensation (EC) claims.

Based on ECC Board Resolution 24-01-02 made public Tuesday, the prescriptive period for all EC claims applications with either the Social Security System (SSS) or the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) has been reinstated effective Jan. 18 this year.

"Claimants are again given three years from the time the cause of action accrued to file their applications for EC claims with the SSS and GSIS," the ECC added.

The Commission noted that EC claims cover any work-related contingencies such as sickness, injury, or death.

Private sector workers may file their applications with the...