The Social Security System (SSS) revealed today the terms of its new 10-percent across-the-board pension increase for work-related claims under the Employees’ Compensation (EC) Program and the doubled EC funeral grant, which now stands at P20,000. Both increases will be implemented retroactively, with September 2013 as the date of effectivity. SSS Vice President for Benefits Administration, Agnes San Jose, said in a statement that the pension hike covers about 17,200 active EC pensioners under SSS […]
