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Jun 20, 2022 labor-law employees-compensation social-security-system presidential-decree-626 work-connection substantial-evidence

Work Conditions and Illness: Proving Increased Risk for Employee Compensation

Supreme Court clarifies that non-occupational illnesses are compensable if work conditions increased the risk of contracting them, requiring only substantial evidence.

Sep 7, 2001 labor-law employees-compensation gsis occupational-disease increased-risk supreme-court

Increased Risk and Compensation: Overcoming the Occupational Disease Requirement

Explaining the increased-risk doctrine in Philippine employees' compensation claims, using GSIS v. Barrameda as a guide for non-occupational diseases.

Nov 14, 1996 employees compensation pd 626 gsis increased risk occupational disease labor law

Overcoming the Onus of Proving Increased Risk for Compensation Claims in the Philippines

Philippine Supreme Court ruling on proving increased risk of non-occupational diseases for employees' compensation claims under PD 626.